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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-06-14
STATE NEWS NOTES.

Tuscarora will nave a Fourth of July
celebration.
The State printing office is being re-
novated throughout.
The Board of Pardons win probably
hold a session in July.
The Renoites are making big prepara-
ton for their carnival.
Reno carnival buttons are very much in
evidence on coat lapels.
The grand lodge, /. o. o. F., will meet
in Carson next Tuesday.
The sale of over a million pounds of
wool will commence at the Flanagan
warehouse at Reno on the 18th.
Charles w. Legg died at Dayton on
Wednesday. He was a native of New
York, aged 81 years.
The twenty-third district convention of
the w. of w. will convene Wednesday
morning at 10 o'clock in Carson.
An inquest over the remains of John
Harvey, who was found dead in Reno.
proved that death resulted from natural
causes.
Charles Bender of Carson is to be ex-
amined as to his sanity. He has a pro-
pensity for building fires in the street
and elsewhere ito get warm as he says.
There are eight cases of smallpox i'm
Elko and as they are widely scattered
there is a possibility of more cases devel-
antined.
Virginia City had two fires yesterday.
One of them caused considerable damage
In the Lankin building and the other
wiped out the Sheoron s~torehouse. The
loss is quite heavy.
Hill high school for the past six years,
has been engaged to take charge of the
grammer grade of the Fair Oaks school,
near Sacramento.
LII the United States District Court yes
terday morning the proposed Intervention
of the creditors of the estate of Robert
NJ. Clarke against they ban of Eureka
was taken under advisement.
The Journal says a rumor is current in
that city to the effect that the Southern
Pacific had decided to make of Reno the
division point. at least as far as the pas
senger business is concerned, on or about
July LIST.
James Finnegan, an Austin carpenter,
has been adjudged insane and has been
committed to the asylum at Reno. Mr..
Finnegan is one of Austin's old pioneers,
ty years.
Charley Holland was at the oil well
yesterday. He found everything moving
along smoothly and good progress be-
ing made. Experts pronounce the pros
poets good for finding oil.-Elk indie
pendent.
C. Glazier, representing the Chicago
Novelty Company, has been arrested at
- "a I-.n
and buggy from a Reno livery man. Gla-
zier rented a rig a few days g to ped
he wanted to drive about town but in
tead of doing so he took to the northern
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-06-14
Dentistry.

DR.. w. s. Porter. dentist. ONCE In
Wolf residence on Bridge Street.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-06-14
let Ice! Ice!

Best in ~town-Giroux stables. II.
Lorentzen, proprietor.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-06-14

Leave you orders for Ice at Giroux sta
bies. H.. J. Lorentzen. proprietor.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-06-14

For a good livery rig. inquire OF II. j.
T,orentren at the Giroux stable.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-09
LATE WASHINGTON NEWS AND
GOVERNMENTAL PROCEEDINGS

A brief statement of the extent of
the service subject to the civil service
act and rules is feature of the report
of the Civil Service Commission. From
! this it appears that in the entire exec
utive service of the government there
are in round numbers. 235,OOO places,
of which number about 121, 900 are
classified. OF the 114,OOO remaining
unclassified, 72,49S are those of fourth
class postmasters. The annual expen-
diture for salaries for the entire execu-
tive service is stated to be about S130-
100000, and of this $S5, 100000, or
nearly two-thirds, goes to salaries for
positions subject to the civil service
| rules.
The annual report of the Civil Ser
vice Commission is largely statistical
1t opens with the statement that Al ,O75
persons were examined during the
year, of whom 21,O2S We're examined
for the department service. This SER
vice does not include merely the de-
partments at Washington, but all the
federal classified services outside of
Washington, with the exception of the
postal customs internal revenue and
government printing services. Thus,
the railway mail and Indian services
are divisions of the departmental SER
vices. Nearly 21.OOO- persons were eX-
amined for the postoffice service, or
little over a thousand less than the
number examined for the department
al service. About siXty-nine per cent,
or 80. 739. of those taking examinations
passed. and 1859 failed. Compared
with the year previous. this represent
ed an increase of Pip in the number
of persons examined. a decrease of l.
29S in the number who passed, and an
increase of 3,410 in the number who
failed. The total number of persons re-
ceiving appointment, excluding the
Philippine service and the municipal
service of the District of Columbia,
neither of which is subject to the pro-
visions of the civil service act. was o.
$40. distributed as follows: Depart
mental service Excluding the railway
mail and Indian serviceS), 1898; rail
way mail service. SIG; Indian service,
2T6; postoffice service 4.2SS; custom
house service. 302: government print
ing service, 1I2: internal revenue SER
vice. So. Two-thirds of the appoint
ments in the departmental service
proper and nearly one-half of the ap-
pointments in the Indian service were
of persons who had passed non-educa-
tional examinations. These examina-
tions. which are sometimes termed
registration or experience examina-
tiOns, are mainly based upon consid-
eration of the length and quality of the
experience and the physical fitness of
applicants. They are usually held for
positions requiring a knowledge of one
of the mechanical trades or skilled
manual occupations.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-09
eIindnes. Is Decreasing.

The proportion of sightless to seeing
persons has been watched with espe-
cial interest in Great Britain, and the
latest statistics indicate that it has
fallen in a half century from about
1,O2O in the million to some $40, or
more than fourteen per cent. This de-
cline has been so timed as to show
pretty conclusively that it is the result
of better conditions of living, improved
surgery and doubtless a decrease in
the ratio of perilous to hon-perilous
emplOyments for the masses of the
people.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-09

There were 103 British war vessels
at Spithead, ostensibly for a naval
review. The real reason is they got
together to protect themselves and
other British shipping from Mr.. J.
Pierpont Morgan.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-09

Senator Clark's new 100000 man
sion is temporarily obscuring that
other Montana product, Mary Mac
Lane.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-09

Persons should be careful about
experimenting with queer medicines.
The Pennsylvania farmer who tried
the bee sting cure for rheumatism is
now an object of interest to the near
est undertaken.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-09

The main trouble with Mr.. Carne-
gie's plan for dying poor is that as
fast as he gives away one big fortune
he goes to work and accumulates an
other.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-09

At a recent family reunion in In
diana there was one man present who
had seen six generations of kinsmen-
and still had So in his pocket that
hadn't been borrowed.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-09

The cruiser Chicago has arrived at
Cronstadt, Russia. We shall soon
know if vodka is all it is cracked up to
be as an intoxicant.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-09

King Edwards head is not SO uneasy
as it was before the coronation. A
tactful woman saved him the annoy
ance of getting his crown on crooked
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-09

On the government experimental
track between Berlin and Zossen, Ger
many, a trolley was recently run at
the rate of 10 miles an hour. See
what we are coming to.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-09

That petrified ship beyond the Yu-
kon may be the ark. or may simply
show that attempts to lift what is now
the Americas cup have been made
ever since the stone age.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-09

ALL UP TO DATE HOUsEKEEPERs
use Defiance Cold Water Starch because
1t is better and OF. more of it for same
money.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-09

A Cleveland, O., paper sneers at
tho American recipients of Prince
Henry's souvenirs as LOB lot of
citizens, anyway" The trouble seems
to be that there wasn't a Cleveland
man in the whole bunch.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-09

Prince Chen has proved that he has
the constitution of diplomat by sur
viving q fifty-course dinner.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-09

Let it be said for Polar Explorer
Baldwin that he got back without q
relief expedition, anyway.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-09

A New York man was detained as
an insane person because he threw
away his money in London. Surely
there must have been some other evi.
dence.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-09

The Missouri river will have to keep
its snags or employ some other dent
ist- Uncle Sam gives up the job.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-09

The Earl of Dudley, who has just
been appointed lord lieutenant of Ire
land, may already count on having
several million enemies.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-09

With the present outlook in the
coal market, now is the time for in
ventors to bring forward their pro-
cesses for storing and utilizing the
heat rays of the sun.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-09

The man who hints that he dies
for his family's sake" generally has
some coward or crazy reason of his
own.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-09

The veracious story from Bay City.
Mich, that girl there is supposed
to be turning to marble. should be a
warning to girls who are developing a
marble heart.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-09

II Minister Liang Cheng Tung
makes any mistakes they will be
mere slips of the Tung.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-09

A skeleton with an eight-inch jaw
has been found in Texas. Lots of
good senatorial timber was wasted in
the past.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-09

The Alaska earthquake was not an
event of much Importance. inasmuch
As it did not shake any gold nuggets
out of the ground.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-09

Venezuela seems to be suffering
from an overdose of Castroria-
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-09

The man in Venice who doesn't
want to go to church now has rat
Ting good excuse.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-09

Experiments at the University Of
Chicago have found that mosquitoes
have a strong preference for dark red
and blue They still seem to be able
to find the white spots now and then.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-09

ton. Now a prosecuted Chicago
bachelor applies for one against a
woman who persists in trying to mar
ry him.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-09

An Irishman says a woman always
takes the cork out of bottle by pushing
it in. But women don't handle bottles as
much men do-which shows their su-
perior sense.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-09

King Edward has been "coronated.
but Mrs. Maybrick has not been liber
ated yet.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-09

More oil in Texas. That once inim-
ical state is in danger of floating off,
some morning, on a wave of petroleum.
and prosperity.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-09

After all, can Cuba be blamed for
wanting $35 100000? Who doesn't?
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-09

Now If Hobson would get married
perhaps the girls would let him alone.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-09

Naturally Europeans are curious to
see three real soldiers.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1902-08-14
Patrons EXCHANGE,

master OF Mckinley camp, Hawanau
islands, was recently courtmartialed
and tried on the charge of falsifying
reports. The court which heard the
case decided that Thornton was not
guilty Of crime. But it adjudged him
guilty of conduct unbecoming his posi-
ton and prejudicial to discipline. He
was ordered to be discharged from the
army; to forfeit all pay or fees due
him and to be confined at hard labor
for two years.
The counsel for the defense declared
that the testimony in the case showed
a condition of affairs that permitted of
lax and careless If not dishonest
methods.
Major General Hughes, to whom the
courtmartiaPs final report and recon-
mendation were forwarded for approx
al, has reversed their decision. He de-
clares that condition of affairs which
permits such criticism as the counsel
for the defense made, to pass unchal-
lenged, deserves grave reproof He
also orders Thornton's sentence re-
voked and the corporal to be re-enlist-
ed in the service.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1902-08-14
JUSTICE GRAY RESIGNS.
oliver Wendell Holmes Member Of
the Supreme Bench.

the Supreme Bench.
Washington, Aug. 13.-Associate
Justice Horace Gray has resigned his
seat on the bench of the United States
supreme court and President Roose-
welt has announced the nomination of
Judge Oliver Wendell Holmes of Mas
sachusetts to the place made vacant
by Justice Gray's resignation.
When Judge Holmes takes his seat
next fall he will be known as the funny
man of the court. The fun that gilt
ters in Dr.. Holmes "Autocrat of the
Breakfast Table, is descended to the
son of DR.. Holmes and shines in his
profound legal decisions even as the
fun of the illustrious DR.. Holmes shone
through his lectures on physiology and
medicine at Harvard university long
before he became famous as an author.
AS justice of the supreme court of
Massachusetts, Judge Holmes has
handed down some decisions that were
screamingly funny, and that shocked
beyond measure the staid dignity of
the bar of Massachusetts, but the
soundness of his law, his logic, and
his philosophy has never been at
tackled, and upon appeal to the SUI
preme court of the United States he
has never been reversed.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1902-08-14
NEW RAILWAY WRINKLE.
Novel Observation Car Used by Ca.
madam Pacific In the Rockies.

Novel Observation Car Used by Ca
madam Pacific In the Rockies.
The latest wrinkle in railroading is
a motor car which the Canadian Pa
cific Railway company has just put
into service, says the Philadelphia
Press. It resembles an open street car
and will comfortably seat fourteen per-
sons, although possibly twenty could
be accommodated without crowding.
The seats are upholstered in leather,
there is movable roof, and in the
two ends are plate glass windows, thus
affording unobstructed views of the
magnificent scenery in the Canadian
Rockies, where it will be stationed for
the use of visitors at Banff and the
other resorts in the mountains.
The motive power is supplied by an
electric gasoline engine, and speed Of
twenty-five miles an hour can be at
tanned.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1902-08-14

r1ence, Of being wrongly directed and
going several miles out Of his way. In
spired by the most unseltish and help
full impulses of which erring human
nature is capable, Mr.. Bangs promptly
stepped forward.
Nothing Of the Sort" he said, with a
glance of righteous indignation at the
.callous guard and a kindly look of II
am your brother and will look after
you" at the inoffensive stranger. Moth
Ing Of the sort" he repeated. IF you
want to go to the Stock Exchange, you
should have remained in the car and
continued to Hanover square. But he
added, with thoughtful care Of the
strangers pocketbook and morals, ''if
you're going to the Stock Exchange
you would probably save money by
staying where you are"
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1902-08-14
Not Over Wise.

There is an old allegorical picture OF
a girl scared at snake, but in the act
of heedlessly treading on a snake.
This is paralleled by the man who
spends large sum of money building
a cyclone cellar, but neglects to pro-
vide his family with a bottle of Cham
berlain's collie, cholera and diarrhoea
remedy as safeguard against bowel
complaints, whose victims outnumber
those of the cyclone hundred to one.
This remedy is everywhere recog-
nized as the most prompt and reliable
medicine in use for these diseases. For
sale by all dealers. .a
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1902-08-14
BANGS ADVICE WASTED.

Author Plays Port Of the Good Sa-
maritan to n Stranger.
John Kendrick Bangs, author Of
"Olympian Nights" was waiting at an
elevated railway station in New York
the other morning when he observed a
man rush from the incoming train, APP
proach a guard in uniform and excit-
edly inquire the way to the Stock Ex-
change, says Harper's Literary Cos
sip. 1t was five minutes of 10.
.sGet of here, take car on other side"
said the guard, with characteristic
economy Of both interest and words.
Mr.. Bangs saw chance to save a
trustful and innocent stranger from
the too frequent and saddening expe-
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1902-08-14
LEXINGTON (Mo.) MOB LYNcHES
- ALLEGED MURDERERs OLA
WEALTHY FARMER.
WORK is DONE EFFECTIVELY
Men Enter Town by Twos and Threes,
Finally Massing in the Courtyard
Where the Lookup Is Situated-JaiI-
and the Outer Door Is Broken in and
the Steel Cells Cut Through.

the Steel Cells Cut Through.
Lexington, Mo-, Aug. 13.-Charles
Salyers (white) and Harry Gates (col-
ored) were taken from the county Jail
here by a masked mob at 1:30 a. m.
and lynched. They were charged with
killing George w. Johnson, wealthy
farmer, who surprised them at his hen
house near town week ago. Before
they were strung up Salyers made a
statement to the mob saying that
Johnson.
Salyers and Gates were arrested on
the day following the shooting, after
an exciting chase. Johnson was one
of the wealthiest and most respected
men in the community and the feeling
against the two men was intense. A
mob gathered while they were being
brought to town, but was quieted
through the efforts of the officers and
it was believed that the men would
be allowed to stand trial.
Shortly after midnight armed men
came to town by two and threes, most
of them masked. They massed finally
near the courtyard in which the coun-
ty Jail is situated. The mob was or
derly and we'll directed, each man do
ing his work efficiently and effectively.
A demand on the jailer for the pris-
oners meeting with refusal several
members of the mob, who had come
we'll prepared, broke in the outer door
and made quickly for the cells of the
murderers. 1t took thirty minutes to
cut through the steel doors.
Salyers was taken out first, then
Gates. Without encountering any Sc
rious objection the mob started with
their victims for point half mile
south of town. There Salyers was
granted permission to make state.
ment, after which the men were
quietly strung UP to a tree and the
mob dispersed.
Only one shot was fired and that was
to put out an incandescent light In
front of livery stable as the mob
passed by on the way to the scene of
the lynching.
s. Salyers, alias Sacks, had lived here
for number of years and left fam
lily. He had bad reputation. Gates,
who was thirty years old. has served a
term in the penitentiary for burglary
committed in Lexington.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1902-08-14

BY this time the stranger, WHO
seemed to have something on his
mind, had worked himself into fren-
~. ''That," he sputtered, making a
wild dive for the next car, ''is none of
your - business @a.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1902-08-14
AFTER ELECTION
EXTRA SESSION OF. THE SENATE
TO BE CALLED EARLY IN
NOVEMBER.
CUBAN TREATY COMPLETED

vention Stands More Chance of Rat
ification After the Congressiona
Contests Are Settled and Expects t.
Have the Question Finally Disposed
Of Before the Regular Session.
Washington, Aug. 13.-Advices re
ceived here indicate that President
Roosevelt will call the senate in ex
! traordinary session early in Novem
Der.
Ever since it became evident that
nothing would be accomplished as to
reciprocity with Cuba at the recent
session Of congress rumors Of more
or less definite nature have been in cir
culation that the president would call
an extra session, either of the entire
congress to enact Cuban reciprocity
legislation, or of the senate to ratify
if possible a reciprocal treaty with
Cuba.
During the past week it has been
stated that it was the purpose of Presi-
dent Roosevelt to call special ses-
sion of the senate early in September.
1t can be stated by authority that he
has no such intention. His time and
that of many members of both political
parties will be occupied during Sep
tember and October. 1t is under
stood to be the belief of the president
that session of the senate held for
the purpose OF ratifying reciprocity
treaty with Cuba would be much more
likely to be fruitful of results if held
after the November elections than if
held before. It is assured. that the
question of the relations of the United
States with Cuba will enter largely
into the approaching campaign and it
is stated that the president feels the
Democrats will be less likely to offer
serious opposition to reciprocity
treaty after the election than they
would before that time. +@ e..
A treaty with Cuba practically has
been prepared. It requires only the
finishing touches and the signatures
of Minister Quesada and Secretary Of
State Hay to make it ready for pres
entation to the senate.
No definite date. it is understood,
has been fixed upon for the meeting in
November, but that it will be soon
after the election is reasonably GER
tain. The president, it is said, hopes
to have the reciprocity question
cleared away entirely before the reg
ular session OF congress.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1902-08-14
StraYe;d.'

As 2-yr-old bay stallion, both hind feet,
white, some white on front foot, white
strip On face, no brand. Finder please
notify \. ID. HOwERY, :.
iune26 IT. Bottineau, ss
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1902-08-14
SENTENCE is REVOKED.

Verdict IN courtmartiaI Disapproved
BY General Hughes.
San Francisco, Aug. 13. Corporal
Thornton, who kept accounts for Sec
onI ;sE4anan John s.. Davis. ularter-S
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1902-08-14
WILL BE SENTENCED SATURDAY
jp~th6 History of the County. Vefdaiiat
Generally Considered Just One

After deberaion lasting only hour fifteen minutes
the in the trial of Wm Ross
fact soon became known and few the
filed The roll call Of the jury upon
CATION by Judge Cown whether they had decided
dict they answed the affirmative The prisoner then brought
in appearing somewhat but beyond slight
jaws calm and collected usual then while all still verdict
pronouncing death penalty read The prisoner upon
the sentence must have fallen with terrible weight his
self CONTROL probably having sursed the
the brief period which the jury prepared
for the worst
The for which death was one of the
most cold booded perpeated in this July he
went to the home of Thos Walsh elderly residing
low City, shot him while lying asleep his bed escape
with three of his victims horses going into Pierce
county where he overtaken Ross thirty years
age has appearance Of criminal order married
and has four children.
The trial Of Ross short it's nature consdered the prisoners
confession of guilt helping expedite proceedings hope
Of the defence make the appear less cold oodd
in the hope that sentence would be imposed but attempt
futile States Attorney Burr conducted the prosecution
master while the ability Displayed by E. B. Goss for
Defense subject Of favorable comment side
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1902-08-14
BURGLARS Rob a Postoffce.

Highland Falls, N. Y, Aug. 13.-The
postof1ice here was entered by bur-
glars during the night. The large safe
was blown open with dynamite and
stamps to the amount of $1,000 and
$500 in currency, three diamond rings.
valuable bracelet and all the records
of the office were stolen. T..