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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-11-06
IN. rnpl.El,lns rroelam..,op.

The President has issued his annual
Thanksgiving proclamation in the fol.
lowing terms:
-By the President of the UnIied Stat
Is of America--A Proclamation: The
a s at hard when, acr,rlur to
the ccstom ~ our people. it fans upon
the President to appoint Il lay OF praise
and thanksgiving to God. During the
last year the Lord has deal, bountifully
with US, giving US peace st honae and
abroad, and the chance for our citizens
TO work FOR their welfare unhirdered by
war;, fam ne or pla ,ue.
1T bchooves us not only to rejoice
greatly be cause of what has uSen given
W, but to accs pit it with II solemn sense
OF resp1nsibility, rcaiiz nu Hhni under
heaven it rests with u our~.l., tu show
that we are worthy To use Alright what
has thus been entrusted tn u care. In
no other place. and at no o;h,r time. has
the experiment OF Government Of the
people, by the ta-np!e and Tor the people
been tried on 50 vast IA scale rs here in
va " : a. ~ 'bCtill- nIAlS VI
the twentieth century. Failure would
not only be IA dreadful thing for us, but
a dreadful thing FOR all mankind. be-
cause it would mean lcss =; hope for all
who believe il the power and the right.
eousness of liberty.
therefore, in Thanking God for the
mercies extended to us III the past we
beSeech Him ihat lie may o withhold
them IN ;l,e future. and that our hearts
ma be aroused l." war s~tcadfnstly 10:
and private.
.We pray for strength and light, so
that IN the coming years VT may with
cleanliness. fearlessness and wisdom DO
our allotted work on earth il such man
ner rs to show that We are not altogeth.
er unworthy OF the blessings We have re-.
ceived.
-Now, the refore /, Theodore Roose.
welt. President OF the United States, do
hereby designate rs a day of general
Thanksgiving Thursday, the 26th day OF
the coming November; and do recon-.
mend that throughout the land people
cease from their wonted occupations,
and i'll their Sc reral homes and places OF
worship render thanks unto Almighty
God for His manifold mercies.
an witness whereof | nave hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of the
United States Ia be affixed.
=Donc at the city OF Washington. the
3lst day o! October, i'll the year of Our
Lord ono thousand nine hundred and
three, and of the independence OF the
United States, tie Que hundred and
twenty-cight.
"ruEoDoRE RoOSEvELT."
"By the President:
"JoHS Hay, Secretary of State"
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H0T-WEATHER ENTERPRISE.
How q Newspaper Reporter Worked
a "nent" on n Less Inven-
tive RIynI.

One OF the most cheering sights OF
the day was displayed to passers-by
In Park Row n little after noon. saws
a New York exchange. a very sol.
emn. fat reporter came down ont Of n
newspaper office with n camera and
a thermometer. He wandered about
the oi"n space disconsuIn.cly and
drippinrh looking for the hottest spot
After awhile he found q !iqnhy rInce
near tic franklin monument which
seemrd to hc the focus nr more sun
rays than any other. There he SOL
EMMY Get NJ the thcrmn;a"lcr. waited
until the mercury refused to rise any
hiSher. ana then phutnrrIl.hed the
record Then sOlcmnly and GrippInrly
nc ret ed 10 the picture department
OF his newspaper.
n few minutes later another younr
man. from = rival newspnpcr apnn,rcd
In n secluded snr' in William sirnnt
nea the bridge rrchcs. and IIkcwIse
produced n Thermometer He. however
produced n match which he lirhtoI
and held under the bulb of the thor.
momotcr while another reporter with
n camera took n picture. Thus arc
beats" scored by the truly great.
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Lions interfere with Work.

The romance Of railways il Il thing
which the poets are very properly try.
ing to mako people perceive. Tho 70.
n Of lions and rlinoccrcscs. on the
other hand, is admitted to exist, even by
their worst enemies. When the two
kinds OF romance clash stirring times
ensue. II. B. Wordsworth makes this
plain in nm article on "TIo Uganda Rail
way" in tho pages Of Public Works.
The progress Of the work, no tells us,
WINS much interierd with by the dcpre.
datione Of man.eating lions. At Taavo
twenty.eight men were taken 10y lions
in II very ebort while. There was II
panic among the men; traps were made:
the coolies slept IN trees, in the water
tanks Mt the ST Sti0Us. in covered goods
wagons and finally iron huts were built
Tor them. Mr.. Patterson, nm engineer
on tho line, shot several lions, mud
among them two which wore the chief
culprite.
A lion entered Il iiast.ciass carriage on
the siding Of Kimao Station IN June,
lS0O. ana carried away Mr.. Rydall, the
assistant superintendent Of police. In
July ~ 1900 four lions were killed md
three wounded Mt Kimao Station, mud
two men were taken by lions ncar Kui.
a large lion was trapped Mt Kimao Sta.
ton in August, and then no more were
taken for sometime. Such minor trOub.
les as the telegraph being being damag.
cd by giraTes and the train being delay.
cd by running into "a rlinoccros, al.
though not usunl in railway coustruc.
ton, we're not scriOus.-Londou Daily
NcwP.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-11-06

According TO ST. George WhItcbouso
tho manager and chief engineer OF tho
Uganda railway. with IN, cxccptIon NJ
q few ~unimportant tcmrornry brIdros
which viii have to b. -.''r,,d hy y,oot
structures. MI being wi;rir 30 mi;as M
the lake terminus. the H. irrm ,.on.
hasa To Fer. Florcr 90 IS cp,pr.o,,L
Traihs now run thrurch wi.hou,
change of carriage from 'rr sea "a thc
heart OF Africa. n distance Of 5sl mjIrs
Ihc same 'lcmnn. disc"syipg the DIR.
lculti's " i"h have to be surmouu,cd
says; No the least %. .hfgc has bprn
caused by ;h" wild animals alor Tho
line. Lions very ]strlouIly irtcrfcred
WIN me work Of construction and n,
mile l"2 ore" nearly brorrh; WORK In
n ~standstill. No fewer than q rnIIwov
employts nave been carried of nv inns
and probably there are moro of whom,
there Ia no record.
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Ego wi,n... story OF sheridan. Ride.

George Phillips, a New York police
man WHO does duty at the City Hall, Is
one OF the last surviving eve witnesses
Of Sheudan's famous ride. He was
chief w~ngonmaster in Sheridan's army
in the valley campaign, and he has given
an account OF the affair. 1t - believed
to be thoroughly accurate, aud it Is GER
tarnly torcible and dramatic. Mr.. Phil
lips GAYS:
General Phil had Gone up to Wash.
ingtop for something, l don't know
what, leaving General Wright in com.
mand. The boys had little confidence
in Wright, but they loved Merritt and
Custer. Early and his rebs rushed on.
lines at Cedar Creek, twenty miles
south west Of Winchester. Sheridan in
by the railroad and crossed the Potomac
at Stevenson's Lauding. From there
he hurried on To Winchester aud mount
ed the famous black horse. The horse
was black all right at least he IVES when
he started.
Il had parked my wagon at one side
OF the turnpike to give the horses a rest.
We were on the run, no question about
that. We were scooting for tiarper's
Ferry and the Maryland side Of the
Potomac, aud the rebs were popping at
every jump. With my wagons parked
and the horses feeding and resting by
the turnpike, | was watching the boys
run.
Some Eere limpinG and staggering
along. They mad thrown away their
guns and blankets and expected to be
killed or captured any minute. I never
saw anything else like it, the way the
boys were hoofiDg it to the Potomac.
The entire army was beaten and demon
allied. There was no order and every
ran was trying to save himself. II was
a cloudy, gloomy day, n all of US felt
pretty blue, Suddenly We heard a ter
rible yelling up the turnpike, Wiuches-
ter way, and a minute later we saw Phil
ON his black horse, coming down the
road.
ooh, say! Lordy! Lordy! Talk about
rides! The horse had been black. but
he was then covered with white foam.
Phil was not waving any sword. lie
had his old campaign hat in his hand,
He was covered with mud, but he kept
waving the old hat and yelling, Come
back boys; come back! To the front
hoys! Follow mel His staff was strung
nYaI lNr 1lN Norl. hnI,rI H., ,-I.,.;-.
md squirting, trying to keep up.
4As General Phil gnlloped by the wng.
on tram he waved his Old Int Mt us Cnl
yelled: Get back to the f.uu.. Wen
need r~ations,' Did we yell? Gee! There
was never anything else like it,. Why,
say, old fellows who had beer limping
along to the rear and swear.-.G at every
step, some OF them without guns. turn
ed around, and so help me, they kept up
with Phil's black horse for n half a mile
running bacl: to the front.
That was a great ride, il :he poet did
get mixed up in his details. Sheridan
won the day by TINT ride. Tho best
help we had WIS from onr cummissary
stores. The rebs had captured the
stores and stopped la eat crackers and
drink whiskcy. We had ln,a of both,
ind some OF the rebs had not even had
u cracker for three days. When they
broke into our stores they decided 'hRI
they had rather eat crackers and drinl
whiskey than shoot yanIis, so they gave
General Phil time to make his twenty
mile ride and rally lns meD."-Ncw Yorl
Sun.
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MurhrrOu= indians.

Sheriff w, II Miller of Western coun
ty, Wyoming, and one Of his posse nam.
ed Fossenhurg. are dead. as q result of
Il fight with twelve wagon loads Of
Sioux Indians Saturday ut Beaver Dam,
Converse county. The Indians were
from the Pine Ridge and Rose Bud
agencies in South ID ikota hld were
violating the game laws uf Wyoming.
THO SheritT's posse rounded up the IN
dianS and demanded their surrender.
Tho Indians opened fire and Il sharp
fight cnsucd, IN which l~'ossenburg WIS
Instantly killed and Miller mortally
wounded. Members ot the posse re.
ported that six Indians were killed. y
later dispatch says that II second fight
occurred Sunday nfternooD.in all ten In.
dians were killed and eleven taken pris.
oners. None OF the posse was killed in
the second fight. There were about;
~seveniy.fivc Indians in til" band. 1t il
estimated thai five hundred iuen are
securing the county for the remaining
Indians.
Under the game law of Wyoming.
every Inl;nn ouisihc of the State must
take ont Il gun license, which costs $50.
and 20 with n professional guide when
they hunt. II is held that every Indians
is responsible to the State for the pay.
ment Of the losses. Tho present trouble
has been brewing ioI some time and
now that the Indians are aroused 1t is
feared there will be n ~srrinns outbreak
before they understand that the lave
must he respected.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-11-06

One Kuhn. secretary and treasurer
or the Nevada pla 'cr minu.s cOmpumy,
operating ON the Carson river ncar Gard.
nervillc, tells the Reno Gazette that his
company ia handling 1850 tons of gravel
a day Mt a cost Of so and th.t the gravel
averages 81 per t0n in gold -m"st Of
which 10 saved. II Kuhn hasn't been
giving the Gazette !Inn Il ill the com.
pany ia clearing 5000 in gold per day or
over $1,000 600 per month. These astouD.
ding results are ObtaiLcd With u recently
invented gold-suvinp machine. Astlicrc
10 plenty Of room ON the Carson river
for n hundred or more Of the machines
by installing that number at inter walls
the Nevada Placer company could excel
the gold output Of the world. Tunopnh
should lose no time in securing Kuhn no
u prOmnior.-Hnpor,
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-11-06

Philadelphia has 80 miles Of streets
and $50 81 street milwaya. ST Louis hns
80 miles Of streets maj 22l OF street
railways. and Boston has i95 miles ~
streets mud 20 mics OF street railways.
Baltimore, with $50 mriCF Of 81 streets. has
with 800 miicn Of al rcris. ihs 2!S milcs.
The figures for o,li"y citics IRE: Buffalo.
strccie, C5O ,nilrr, railroads.. 90; San
Finncisco, st ~cr's, 100, tnilroadf. 49,:
Cincinnati. streets, GO. railroads, 2OS.
Pittsburv, streets, 800, milroads. I72,
and New Orleans, s%trCcts, roo, railfoads,
10.
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! was In water waist deep. sav,r,,
my hogs writes Mrs. Andrew ITnr,nn,
from her home on tho 0u's ir,s Of Nor,t,
Lawrence. 10 the knis" 10y Journni.
carrie" Il Ehoats. w'ji hI'r abou, 20
POUNDS - e. into my pnf.cr. ana thnv
stayed thrTo four days and nights :
tied my C" on the porch. and Inc roy
II two hoes stayed there two d,ys
anu nights. Tor the water was right nm
TO the porch" "P
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TIi,' runupth Way

Peter MucKaskic and J. Van Mohr,
heretofore doing business on Upper
MAN street ms nssn! crs, under the firm
name ~ MicKGski. & VaDMohr, on
"Wednesday 20, into an alteration over
the ownership OF the prcmisca occupied
10y them IN common, and during tho
mix.up u pistol in Van Mnlr's hands
WINS discharged and The bullet inflicted u
superficial flesh wound on the left cheek
OF MaCKaskic. George B%rodignn of the
Valley View, who was attracted to the
scene by the pistol shot, quickly dis.
armed Van Mohr who wa arrested and
placed under bonds Of $1,000 pending
examination. Mr.. MacKnsbic was only
elighily injured and his wound is heal.
ing nicely. Tho copartncrslnp hero.
toforc existing between the bc%lligcrcn'g
has be"n dissolved by mutual consent.
Miner.
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II is rather startling to read the re-
marks OF Surgeon General Stcrnbcrr IT
the United S.tee army on the subject Of
consumption. His statement that 10.
900 people dis every year Of con-
sumption and iyphoia fever is well cal.
culatej to make us stop and think.
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ttls Demand For Pen sion.

Barnst orminV Thcsrinns WHO orcG.
)siOnalIy have to dodge substantial cX.
prcssions of displcnRUrc N audiences
will eympathiz" with tie Clnim Of veto.
ran who has just reached the pension
bureau. II is Il story of domestic iufcli.
city and opens up - Held Of vengeance
for those who keep in touch with puul
try prod acts The claim ia made ~ u
letter that indicates Il lack ~ familiarity
with The three Rs and II ropinms this
brief. sucGinct proposition from the bat.
Tie Scared scIvi;UF ~ his county,:
II got blood poison hy htiuIC hit with u
hens ~ wen | ran bak from the ftunt.
rlw 90 was not good wen iOu send my
pcnshuu want the Deed made SOS ny
wifc can't get none 81 II ehc throdc
cg. She war II rebel
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E'hhologistS are OF the opinion Tim,
wheh America was discovered there
were not on the continent of Norm
america any moro Indians than csIs,
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JOINT IkTEMENT
or Thy
Auditor and Treasurer of
ElkO County
For the Quarter EnItnC March 81, 1903.

A6i xt or .? SE "a Is
AUDITORS OFFICE,
ELKo, Aprl' i. 1903.
To The Honorable Board Of County
Commissioners Of EU:o county, New;
GESTLEMES:-Wc herewith submit our
QGTterly Report OF the Finances OF the
county f"r the quarter ending Mar. 81.
l9C3
Respectfully submitted.
Z. W. GROVER. Auditor.
y. 6. pA@tEY. Treasurer.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-11-06

Tie State Controller has issued the
following circular:
To all officials o! the State OF Nevada
who are allowed by law ;o purchase
supplies Ter the state:
Attention Is called Ia ;!Ie following:
An Act relatiu. Ia the purchase Of
supplies. Approved March o. 1893,
Section | Al goods Tnd supplies
purchased for the State " Nevada. or
any county i'll the STATE, shall he pur-
chased OF resident merchant and bus
mess men in the State Of Nevada when
ever such merchants and business men
are ready to supply surh SUPP lies and
goods at an advance. of not more than
ten per cent over Saa Francis q prices.
freight added;pTUvilcd, that all supplies
for the use Of the county shall he pur.
chased by the Comfy Commissioners.
(See Section 505i. Cumfitcd Law. Cut
ting's Edition).
This law is constantly Sc;ng ignored
possibly by those who are unaware tina;
such a law is on the sintutc books.
From this date III, Co~ntrollcr will
withhold his warrant tnr tie payment 81
any goods or supplies u uny character
purchased in vinIntiun u ibis statute.
Respectfully, SAM p. DAVIS.
state C"ntr"licr.
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JULIUS GOLD CT.An za4Ae)

AN ACCOMPLISHED vuOIINIST OF SAN FRANCISCO. is NOW IN
Elko and will remain several months. He has been very successful rs Il
teacher and is DESTROYS of securing II class here. Mr. Gold studied under
Henry Holmes, the celebrated English vi0Nnist, for some years and teaches
On the original 'Spohr" method, edited by Mr. Holmes. y limited mum
Der Of pupils will he taken. For other information, leave word III this
office. MIR Gold and his associates. MCSsrs. l.. Horst, pianist, and y. Pin
ncn, nutist. will receive engagements to furnish music for Innuucts. we'd
dings and other occasions OF IL like character.
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State lsir"tipns.

State elections occur to-day in New
York, Ohio, Marylaud. kentucky. Mas
sachusctts, Pennsylvania, Iowa, Rhode
Island, Colorado and Nebraska. The
principal interest III New York cCntcrs
in the city, where Mn!o or Low md
George i. Mcclellan Il son 81 tine FINN
QUE General, are contosting for that
office. According to the lHtcst dis
patches, Lows advisors claim his cleo
ton by 10000 and Charles Murphy, the
Tanmany leader, claims Mcclellan will
have G 10000 plurality Tho ltcpubli.
ems estimate their plurality in Ohio nt
100000 and claim The legislature by
from forty Ia fifty an joint ballot. The
Democrats give no figures ON the State
ticket, but claim the legislature 10y five
majority on joint ballot. llin lt'putii-
cans claim Rhode Island by $500 and
the Democrats by 2,0GO. Both PARTIES
claim the legislature. Tho Democrats
claim Maryland and X tuciv, with q
possible chance Of cicCti"g n Governor
in Massachusetts. Nchrn@ka, Pcursyl.
vania and Iowa are claimed by the Re-
publicanR, and BOTH Hrtica clnim Color.
alO.
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The above balance Stands 10 the
credit OF the ynti0ua funds M per
Tfoasurcr's Balance Shoot. dated April
J.. 1903
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rp.>srxGR's BALASIs saElr.

Cnah IL treasury To the credit 81 the
vutouS funds. MAJ. 81. 1904:
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-02-01
THE NECESSITY

THE NECESSITY IN explaining his vote in the
OF against the bill fixing the
cages in Carroll county. Senator
Wood said he opposed special acts for the different
After while. he said, the statutes of Arkan
will be larger than the encyclopedia of England. :.
Senator Woods position is the proper There should
be special for any county. The laws should be
uniform all the state for cities and counties or
is group the cities into classes
have uniform laws for each class The principle could
be adopted with reference the counties If there
necessity different law for of the counties to the
law existing in other let the counties be classified
and all laws uniform for each classification Under the
system of special legislation the legal conditions
Not the same in counties in the state, and
Tent become acquainted with the changes in the
rvaiins time he changes his county residence
le counties and cities classified and the
inform for each classifcao the people could
understand the laws by which they governed
Aey would not be compelled acqdant themselves with
aw laws time they places of residence
xcept as change made one classification to an
ther and would also statute books OF all the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-02-01
GENERAL LEE Considerable discussion is
IN ing INDUCED in regarding the p
STATUARY HALL posed presentation by the state

IN ing ndulged in regarding the pro-
STATUARY HALL posed presentation by the state of
Virginia of a statue of General Rob
E. Lee placed satuary hall at the national cap
o There feeling in opposition to the plan on the
part of members of congress from While
these members recognize General Lees ability as mill
tary commander they think it altogether fitting that
who fought against the Union for four
years should be thus honored.
this feeling the members from the south reply that
nothing the of the pending
bill Virginia legislature and the installation OF Lee S
statue the capitol The law which was passed in 1864
granting permission to each of the states to place two
of distinguished citizens in statuary hall is ex
plcit and the only thing that can be done to
scheme is for 10 formally repeal the
present believed that this will be done To at
tempt to carry out such plan would cause revival OF
sectional i'll feeling nobody wants to bring about
One senator from the north has announced
that he never will give Lees statue being
placed capitol but is not likely he will carry his
opposition point advocating the repeal of the law
and if he should could sufficient support
to change the statute
In addition to the statue bill which undoubtedly
will be passed by the Virginia legislature in the fu
ture there plan foot in Georgia to place statue of
Alexander Stephens vice president of the Confederate
states statuary hall This is also objected to by north
members. The objectors in both instances however,
probably eonne themselves to private conversations
There will not be organized attempt to block the
schemes advocated by Virginia and Georgia
usually the custom for congress to appoint day
for the unveiling the hall, when amid
the patriotic orato:y the national legislature form
ally accepts In the of the statue of
Father Marquette which presented the nation by
the state of Wisconsin several years this
departed from. There complaint the of
various anti Catholic organizations against the installation
of the but rejected Congress evaded the
issue by negectng accept the formally 1t stauds
today however in statuary hail. where first placed
similar scheme is advocated by persons in the
of the Lee statue They that its adoption would
clude the possibility any state being snubbed
The Virginia members of however do regard
the proposition in that light They that such pro-
ceedng would be little short of insult
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-02-01
KICKING
POOR
REM EDY
There is not class of business
men in the world more jealous of com.
petition than the village printer. He


do ever; instance he has nobody to blame but him
business going away from him to the printing es-
Establishments in the cities printer in the small town
usually poorly equipped plant for doing work His
types date his inks cheap and he does not
carry the stock every demand of his town. He
skilled in the of printing and does not keep up
with the latest designs His press work is not the best
is that business goes away from him, because
people who want the best work and
will have it if they have to send from home to get It,
local printer the bulk of the work and it
right that he should get it. However, there is class
which he afford make the outlay to do,
is great enough to justify
the investment The Jonesboro Eenterprse takes the fol-
lowing sensible view of the matter:
The Cross County Democrat wants the Paragoud
Soliphone expelled the Arkansas Press association
because that publication sent representa-
tive solicit job work at Wynne.
That's a poor excuse-What: expel
paper for busting business-on that ground will
have the Little Rock Democrat and Pine Bluff Graphic
expelled forthwith each of them have been send
ing O Jonesboro they have invaded the court
house and gone off with pocket full of orders for
job printing, given by the county officials when the
home might Just we'll have done this printing
the county. But kicking is poor remedy. Our
brother editor of the Democrat might shut the Soil
phone by reducing the war prices on print
ing. also by making his work just little better
and neaor.
the printers in the small would buy few
ons of late style type some good inks few of
ood stationery. clean their occasionally and
.xercse little in their presswork, they would be
urprised easier it would be to get peo
lie to patronize the home printer