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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-07-03
CASH SALE.

Ia order TO reduce the stock in her
store, Mrs. Ellie Campbell IL
reduction Of IL per cent ON al goods.
Everything in the way Of ladies and
children's good, will be sold at II sacri.
flee for cash. Ladies', don't miss this
sale.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-07-03

Junior EndeavOr 10 a. IN.
Morning Service and Sermon IL q. III.
1heme-1rhe Service Of Love
Sun lay School LEO p. m.
Christian Endeavor G:30 .. III.
Evening Service and Sermon 7:30 p IN.
Thcme--Our National Inde PEN
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these services.
GEO. II. GREESFIELD.
Pastor,
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-07-03

Executor OF the will OF Sarah T.. Faurof
deceased.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-01
LOOKING TO CLEVELAND.

Some months ago The AdVeTuser ue- clared that more of the clements needed for the Democratic candidate Tor Fresi-. dent next year, were to be found in MT. Cleveland than in any other man who might be mentioned for the position. At the same time, we expressed douDt or his nomination because of the attitude ne might assume in reference to the mat ter. and we believe now that the only obstacle in the way of his nomination will be his refusal to allow his name to be presented to the convention.
 The article of The Brooklyn Eagle Of last Wednesday afternoon. a portion or which was telegraphed to The Advertiser and appeared in It's columns yesterday, Is but the expression of sentiment towards Mir, Cleveland that Is strong in every portion of the Union. He is regarded everywhere as a tower of strength for the Democratic cause, and will come nearer leading the Democratic hosts to victory than any other living man. Reason Mas resumed its sway, and the temporary subservience of the Party to Populistic Ideas is at an end. Here and there will be found men who will insist upon endorsing the dead and deadly ideas which prevailed over genuine Democracy in 1896 and 1900. but they are in woful minority except in localities in which Democracy has no hope and no prospect of success.
 ltr Co., bA pnn H. cans in 1904 unless Democratic folly makes it so. Mir. Roosevelt has to reckon with a large dissatisfied element in his own ranks, but 1t is not an element that will vote the Democratic ticket un- less than ticket is placed upon platform containing declaration of principles that promises stability in government, and of standing for the sound currency which has always been a cardinal doctrine of the Democratic Party.
 No man more thoroughly personifies tariff reform and reduction than MT. Cleveland, and there are many thousands who will vote for him on that line, who are in the habit of voting the Republi- can ticket. That class of men can be found in every Northern and Western State who are disgusted with the exist Ing trust breeding tariff iniauity.
 If Mir. Cleveland does not peremptorily refuse to consider the question of his nomination and forbid the use of his name in that connection. there will before the convention meets in 1904 be a demand for his nomination that will be irressisti- ble. The people were for him in 1892. but the politicians were not The people nomi- mated him by two-thirds vote and they elected him afterwards. History may repeat itself in 1904.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-01
FRIDAY, MAY l, 1908.
THEY WILL NOT SEE.

We suppose 1t Is idle to expect abso- Eute fairn ss from Thh New York Even- ing Post where the question of negro sAucation Is in any way involved. For sxample. The Advertiser had an editorial some days ago in which the position was taken that it is better for both whites and baacks If the latter are educated along industrial lines. The Post quotes as much of this editorial as suits it's pur- pose and adds:
 According to this, the South is against khe really educated negro, and the mis- taken philanthropy which would condone sn5nstice and trampling upon the supreme law of the land. for the sake of educa- &zan. will not be allowed even to educate.
 me Post mistakes the position of the 80nthcrn people. as 1t misstates the posi- &ion of The Advertiser. We repeat what we have before said. and we speak the sentiments of the best people of the South. that it is doing grave injustice to tton which will fit them for lawyers. nontors. teachers and other professions of khe higher intellectual classes. For the present, at least. the great majority of those positions will be held by the white people of the South and to educate the negroes to the belief that they can take khe whsfe mans place and the white wo- mans place is to ensure disappointment Cor the coiored race and probable trouble kcg all. That is true and all intelligent people of the South know it.
 II should be the policy of all educators ] In the South to give the negroes such l training as will make them better farm >nrs. hetter mechanics, better cooks, better zahorers generally and better citizens. TO teach them how to work. and to be- afeve chat labor is honorable, is to give them fair show in the struggle for ex- sstence. To teach them to be moral and w-abiding citizens IS to start them right on the journey of life. A success RuI farmer or mechanic Is a much better citizen than an educated loafer. The negroes must largely belong to the labor. ing class in the South and they should be educated and trained in such way that they may be useful. respected and Belf-respecting,
 All this qght to be plain to The Post but we doSbt if it can see 1t or will acknowledge it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-01
Emerson and the cranks.

In a beautifully illustrated article on Emerson and Concord, written by MT. Hamilton w. Mabie and published in hon. or of the Emerson Centenary in the May Magazine number of The Outlook, the philosophers calm poise and avoidance of the visionary people who Hooked about him is thus brought out:
 ''In nothing was his soundness of na- ture, his health of mind, more evident than in the delicacy with which he pro- tected himself from the intimacy of some who were eager to gain some perso possession of his thought, and the gentle persistency with which he held unbal- anced people at a distance and kept him self clear Of all rash attempts n bring in the millennium prematurely.
 Hawthorne has given us a character istlc report of the strange folk to be met in Concord in the days of the 'newness:' ; It was necessary to go but a little way beyond my threshold before meeting with stranger moral shapes of men than might have been encountered elsewhere in a circuit of a thousand miles. These hob goblins of flesh and blood were attracted thither by the wide-spreadlng influence of a great original thinker. who had his earthly abode at the opposite extSsmity Of our village His mind acted upon eth CT minds of a certain constitution with wonderful magnetism and drew many men upon long pilgrimages 10 speak with him face to face. Young visionaries, to whom just so much insight had been im-
 
 around them, came to seek the clue that should guide them out of their self-in- volved bewilderment. Grey headed theo- rists whose systems, at first air. had finally imprisoned them in an iron frame work, travelled painfully to his door. not to ask deliverance, but to invite the free spirit into their own thraldom.'
 No one will ever know the annoyances, perplexities and dangers of Emerson's po- sition; what everyone does know is that he never fell victim to the countless il- lusions, delusions and unbalanced dreams in which reproachful and perhaps imper- tinent followers, who misread his leading. endeavored to involve him. The foremost idealist of the New World, he rendered incalculable service to the cause he had at heart by holding 1t clean and clear above the touch of fanatieism, impracti- cable experiment, and the bitterness of the egotistical reformer. If he had com mitted the fortunes of Idealism to a dis astrous venture, the loss to the youth of America would have been irreparable ''
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-01
HAS A NEGRO PROBLEM.
Select Section of South Brooklyn Wor-
 ried

GE2SCL 9SCk1Vh UA 0uukh oIVoAAJh WI
 ried.
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 crat.
 The swell section of South Brooklyn, known as Borough Park, is extremely worried over social problem. Every resident is excited over the record sale of one of the most desirable residences in that part of the city to a negro.
 The news became public last week, and the park has been quiyering with excite ment ever since. It is restricted dis trict, well-built up, with houses of the better class. tidy grass plot surround ing nearly every ore, with flower gar den, just now almost ready to brust into bloom.
 William J. Howden, local millionaire, made the sale to the negro. MT. Howden declares that he knew nothing about the details of the sale, and disclaims all re- sponsibility for the transaction. He placed the property in the hands of his lawyer in good faith. he says, who has no idea that the purchaser might be a neighbors After learning their senti- ments, he said today he would gladly have cance,ed the whole matter, but he learned that a deposit had been paid to his attorney, and that he would be liable in an action for breach of contract if he attempted to interfere,
 To add to his troubles, MT. Howden re- ceived an anonymous letter on Saturday night declaring that his house would be burned unless he found way to stop its sale. This letter he turned over to the police, who have placed guard over the property.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-01
Powers of the President.

Washington Post.
 As a matter of fact, President Roose. welt is today a monarch of more power than King Edward. The latter is really a figurehead. his Government being in the hands of his ministers. President Roosevelt. it might almost be said, is the Government of the United States Certainly today. more than ever before. the pivot upon which our Government rests Is the White House rather than the Capitol.
 The President has enough power as it Is. There Is no necessity for increasing It. Experience has shown that in times of great emergency the President can ex- ercise unlimited authority under what are called the war powers of the Con- stitution. This being the case, there is no reason why, in times of peace, he should be invested with more authority than he already possesses, Besides this. the country seems to be progressing very nicely, thank you, even under the ter rible condition which MT. Nelson so gloomiy portrays, and. we reckon. as they say down South, that 1t will con tinue to grow despite the fact that an unfeeling and hard d-hearted Congress oc- casionaily participates, in the administra- tion of the national affairs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-01
WHITE PEOPLE
Come to the Rescue of the Negroes

Come to the Rescue of the Negroes. Hartford Courant.
 The only State school for negroes in Arkansas above the grade of the ordinary district school is the branch normal col lege at Pine Bluff. It has no money for such luxuries as public lectures. The principal, Isaac Fisher, gave course himself. The townspeopie showed as much interest as the students. few days ago he outlined another course. Then he went to the foremost white men of Pine Bluff and asked them to prepare and deliver the lectures. explaining at the same time that he could pay them only in thanks. They said Yes to a man-minister, rabbi, physician. lawyer, banker and editor. In letter to The Tribune Isaac Fisher says:
 '"rhe principal was born and reared in the South. and knows something of the friendship of the Southern white man who Is inclined to be friendly, but he was not prepared for the hearty and whole souled spontaneity with which these men agreed to serve the cause of negro edu- cation in the way indicated. As a result of. the attitude of these men. most of whom he had Fever met before, one ne- gro takes up his work today with a light CT heart and a stronger determination to iabor more diligently for the better day which must be ahead"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-01
TO PUSH ANNEXATION PLAN.
Senator Newlands Would Make Cuba
 Part of United States.
Washington Special.

WaShlngton Speclal.
 Senator Newiands of Nevada says that at the coming session of Congress he in- tends to push to the utmost his plan for the annexation orf Cuba. He made this statement before starting for his home in the West.
 "I shall try" said he, Ito have the Island attached to our country, first as a territory, but with the understanding that Statehood will follow as soon as the ter- ritory Is ready for 1t. Since this Is the only ultimate solution of the problem of maintaining Cuban independence with an American protectorate. we might as we'll act now. instead of postponins 1t in- definitely to no useful end. Cuba is ask ing now Tor reciprocity as means of breaking down a part of the protective tariff walls on both sides of the line. If she comes into the United States she will get not only this partial advantage, but the whole thing"
 MT. Newlands says that he has not set determined to just what form he will offer his scheme. In all probability he will press 1t as an amendment to the reciprocity treaty.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-01
Suicide Among Army Officers,

Savannah Morning News.
 Lieutenant- Colonel Sprole committed suicide in Manila a few days ago by shooting. His is the tenth case of suicide among the officers of the United States Army since the occupation of Manila.
 There have, in addition, been many cases of suicide among the enlisted men. A dispatch says: Tn nearly every case the suicide was directly due to insanity, the result of exposure, poor food and wa ter, and disease caused by sleeping on the ground in a tropical country" The vile and maddening Filipino drink "bino'' listed men. but it is said the officers ney- CT drink the stun. Loneliness and home sickness are also charged with contribut- ing to the mental weakness of those who have lost their minds and taken their lives. The records show that up to J,iv f. 1902, fifty-eight regular privates ana fifteen volunteers had committed suicide in the Philippines.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-01
PARABLE or A PIG.
A Story Bearing on . Rather Dell
 cate Subject.

A Story Bearing on . Rather Den-
 cate Subject.
 New York Mail and Express.
 "on my way north" said Booker T. Washington recently, "a Southern gentle man asked me, when l made specn, 70 prove to the northerners that they were responsible for the introduction Of slavery into the American colonies. told nm 1t was a pretty big contract, and didn think I could undertake 1t, but l Will tei' a story that bears upon the subject.
 An old colored man had pig, winch he sold one morning to white man TOT a. The white man drove on with ms purchase, but on the road the pag es- caped and found its way back to Uncle Zeke's cabin. A little later another white man came along. and Uncle Zeke sold nm the same pig for another g. on nie way home with the pig the second pur' chaser encountered the first, returning in search of the escaped animal. After some wrangling they decided to % back and refer the question to the old darkey.
 :" Uncle Zeke.' said No. l, didn't you sell me this pig ct g o'clock this morn ing?' 'Sho I did, massa-' But, Uncle Zeke, said No. ?. didn't I pay you !s for this pig at 12 o'clock? 'sho' you did. massa.' Well, then, who does the pig balong to-? 'Sakes alive, said Uncle Zeke, can't you white folks settle dat question between yo'selves?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-01
Presidential Junkets.

w WaShlngton Post.
 Since the President started on his Western trip a great deal has been writ ten about presidential junketing tours, and most writers have stated that Presi- dent Johnson was the first President to perform a swing around the circle. Later reports have shown that President Wash ington was the first to go on an extensive trip of observation during his term. The trip was made In April, one hundred and twelve years ago. and covered 2,000 miles of travel behind team of horses. The seat of government was In New York at that time, but Washington lived at Mount Vernon. His trip lasted six or eight weeks, and extended through the Southern States. 1t was purely a poli- tical "trip, too. There had been serious friction between Jefferson and Hamilton, and Washington was so severely criti- cised for certain measures that he re- solved to go over the field and ascertain the cause of the disaffection in the South. For these days the junket was considered a great undertaking, though a mere bagatelle compared with President Roose- velt's present journey, which covers IA,
 900 miles, and consumes no more than did Washington's, though there Is no
 record that the father of his country stop
 ped anywhere on the way to study natural history.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-01
Labor's Relation to Machinery.

New York Times
 In the great industries in which ma chinery is a factor of first importance it looks very much as If labor disputes would gradually end. This would appear to be especially true of iron and steel manufacture. The great strike of the which will be undertaken, partly because the forces which make for stability are too formidable to be lightly engaged and partly because strikes are no longer nec- essary to secure for the skillful and in- dustrious the advantages they consider themselves entitled to claim.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-01
THE AMALGAMATED
Is Threatened With a Rival Or
 ganization.

Milwaukee (Wis.) Special.
 War in one of the biggest and most ad- vanced labor unions in tine country is threatened because of the alleged despot-
 odore Shaffer, President ot the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, About 10000 men are planning new organization. The trou- ble began when Shaffer, during the great strike two years ago. ordered out the members of the unions at Bayview. Mill waukee. Joliet and South Chacigo. The men refused to go out, and were forced from the union. Now the organization is offering every inducement to them to re- turn to the fold but the men, while be lieving in organization. refuse to be en- rolled upon the Shaffer flag. As re- suit steps are soon to De taken, with the Bayview union as the leader of the move- ment. toward the organization of a new union.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-01
DOGS AND RABIES.

The question of dealing with the dread disease. hydrophobia, is coming to the front with the near approach of warm deny that there is such disease. but that denial Is worthless in view of the fact that dogs go mad, that they bite human beings and that the human beings die horrible deaths. If 1t is not really disease 1t Is a fearful and deadly ail- ment, to be avoided and prevented when possible.
 In recent editorial on this subject The New York World advances this theory, or argument:
 Tn this city the record of canine mis- chief Is strongly marked by the work of pet dogs, often the pampered playthings luxury is driven mad by very indulgence He runs at large with hts nerves on edge People get in his way. his teeth snap and there are new cases for the Pasteur Institute.
 Whether there is anything in this indict- ment or not we are unable to say. but we note that writer in the same paper, who writes as though he knows what he is talking about, argues that the feed ing and pampering which fell to the lot of these pets renders them not only more liable to rabies, but renders them more spiteful and dangerous when at large. He declares that "a chiidless woman with pet dog is dangerous" That, too, is question we are not disposed to argue but perhaps it Is not only the childless women who may be dangerous in this respect.
 But leaving out the question of women and pets. there is beyond doubt a con- stant danger from rabid dogs. especially during the hot weather and in the cities. True, dogs go mad at other seasons. In fact any dog is liable to so mad at any season, but the danger Is greater in the hot season of the year and In the crowded cities than 1t is In winter and in the country. And we cordially endorse The Worlds assertion that "the life of single child outweighs all the dogs in the city" all the dogs. as to that matter. but when we read of helpless and innocent child enduring the horrors of hydrophobia and dying from Its effects We feel more deeply the cruelty of 1t than We do in the case of others.
 But, whether the victims be adults or children, it Is a disease to be dreaded and one which cannot be too carefully guarded against. The number of dogs in Montgomery, for example. which are worse than worthless, is astonishing. There are many valuable dogs in the city. whose owners are careful of them and whose worth cannot be measured in dollars and cents, but on the other hand there are hundreds of the creatures prowling at night and wandering about by day to find something to keep off star walton, and they are not only a nuisance, but menace to the public, especially to little children who are on the streets so much.> A dog law, or. rather, an anti-dog law. is almost an impossibility, but surely there should be strict measures adopted to remove or minimize danger of hydophobia.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-01
GETTING AT THE TRUTH.

Only a few months ago The Advertiser, along with come of its contemporaries, was the recipient of much severe criticism because h commented on and condemned the undodbted cruelues practised on the Philippine natives by certain officers and men of our army. Some of us were almost called tories because. as was alleged. we were trying to discredit the government and were giving aid and com fort to its enemies.
 In view of these facts it really seems that the recent report of General Miles is . complete vindication of those of us who refused to consider it reasonable to speak of acts on the part of our army which would have disgraced the savages they were fighting. Now those news papers which were most severe in their arraignment of all who wanted the whole truth told are either admitting in a half hearted way that our position was cor rect. or are trying to break the force of Miles's report by criticising him. Even the usually level-headed Chattanoo oga Times was at times severe on The Adver- tiser and others of its way of thinking. but now 1t expresses the belief that if the report .'shar operate to compel the War Department to make full and com plete investigation of the charges made. and thereafter to purge the army of its brutes. If it has such, it will have served a good purpose
 The words If 1t has such" are out of place. It is impossible to truthfully deny that there are brutes in our army in the Philippines, and some of them wear shouider-staps. As The Hartford (Conn) Times says:
 No more hideous charge has been of Russia in China, or of Belgium in Africa. or the Turks in Macedonia. And the worst of 1t Is that although General Miles says everybody knew the facts in Manila, the War Department at Wash ington and the partisans' in Congress end in the Republican newspapers have been displaying a mitigated form of savagery in denouncing as calumniators of the army whoever ventured to say that such cruelties had been practiced.
 Now. The Advertiser has as little ois- position as any paper in the United States to throw any discredit on the army. but the army and the administra- ton have discredited themselves by sup pressing the truth and refusing to let the facts be made pubic and letting the blame and the punishment fall where they properly belonged. The expression '.mitigated savagery' exactly fits those newspapers which were so free with their denunciations of all who criticized the brutal and demoralizing acts of some members of the American army. It may be true. as intimated. that the report of General Niles is in some respects highly colored, and it may also be true that some of the evidence submitted is not reliable. but we insist that both the American army and the administration will obtain more credit by getting and publishing the truth and by punishing the guilty than they could by a policy of suppression. and by discouraeing and de- nouncing those who were only wanting the facts made public.