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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-08-21

The general impression has been that
the lynching habit has been growing in
this country. The Churchman. however,
eays that the general trend Of lyncling
statistics. is downward. According to
these statistics, there were 2.5lG lynch
ing in the United States from 1881 to
1900. or these 1,GIS were OF negroes.
More thnn n fifth Of these lyychings
were in northern states. Tho Church
man says: at III notable, however, that
the proportion of whites is decreasing,
owing to the dinimution OF lynchings
for horse and cattle stealing in the west.
Contrary, alsc,t to popular opinion, hard
ly a fifth of the cases were for assault,
alleged assault and assault aggravated
by murder, we shall still find less than Il
fourth, Gl9, attributable to this cause.
1t may be worth noting also that forty
two states are represented in the stntis-
tics OF lynching."
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-08-21

VIM. Adkins, u desert character, bet.
ter known rs Wild Bill was murdered
ut Indian spring ranch, thirty miles
north OF Los Vegas. last Wednesday by
a half breed Indian boy, named Cochi.
George NJ, Latimer and Chas. Stewart
OF Los Vegas, had gone to the ranch on
Sunday, andleaving the Indian and Ad-
kius to care for the place while they went
north to look after their cattle. Upon
their rcturn they found the body OF .Ad.
kins. shot through the back, lying on
the porch Of the ranch house. Tnvesii-
cations proved that Adkins had been
asleep after dinner, and the Indian
went t" the stable, secured Stewards
rifle, AMI shot Adkins i'll the back. He
probably never knew what hit him .
Cochi then saddled up Adkins horse
and escaped to the Vegas where he was
later captured by Latimer, and is being
held, pending the arrival OF Sheriff Jake
Johnson.
CochI is sixteen years ~ age. The
cause OF the trouble between tue two is
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-08-21
liunuiuE Srw-ppprr.

To rim a newspaper, says the Nowata
Il. t. Advertiser. i'll II fellow has Ia do
is To- he able to:
Write poems.
Discuss the tariff and II gues.
tiuns.
umpir" n baseball game.
Report Il wedding.
Saw wood.
Describe Il fire 20 that people will shed
their wrapa.
Make a dollar do the work Of ten.
Shine nj dance.
Measure calico.
Abuse the liquor habit.
Test whielicy
Subscribe to charity.
Go without meals.
Attack free silver.
Defend bimetallism.
Sheer at robbery.
Insert advert z rA""'s.
OverlGOK scandal.
Appruiso babies.
Delight the pumpkin Niscrs.
Minister 10 tho afflicted.
Heal the disgranil,I.
Fight 10 IA IiniJ..
Set type,
Mold opinions.
Sweep the Office.
Speak mt prayer meetings.
Stand in with everybody and every.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-08-21
JOINT STATEMENT
-oT THE
Auditor and Treasurer of
ElkO County
For h Quarter Ending March II. laos.

sTa eGrxe OF 81 ;S EVA 5ss
AUDITORS OFFICE.
ELKo, Apnl 6. 1904.
To the Honorable Board of County
Commissioners of Elko county, New;
GESrLKXKS:-we herewith submit our
Qarterly Report Of the Finances Of the
county for the quarter ending Mar. 81.
1903.
Respectfully submitted.
Z. W. GROVER. Auditor.
4. G. pA~IEY. Treasurer.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-08-21

The provision Of the Virginia code
cxcmpiinR from service on the grand
jury the owner or orcupicr of u gristmill
says Law notice, is IN intcrcnimg exam.
pie Of Il law winch has been allowed 10
Ia remain on the statute bODks long al.
ter its usefulness aud the condition that
called il into being have cCngrd 10 exist.
Attention haa been directed 10 il By
reason Of the fact thai some days ago II
citizen of Norfolk claimcd the benefit,
Of this exemption tir frat time il lias
been claimcd, according t0 rpporlr, 10
many years. When tlm statute ,rs
I asscd wriuns incnr vcuirncc to- The citi.
z"'is of The sifrorUdiug &c uniry might
',pVo arisen ns n rceuli of SummoDipg
u mill owner from his work, but the
mill owner IS no longer so important a
nembcr Of the community.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-08-21

The above balance stanis To the
credit OF thu vRrinuE funds ~ per
Treasnr"r's Balance Sheet. ,lairrl April
]. iN3
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-08-21

T~fEtSCRERs VALANCE sMEI1.
Cnsh II treasury To the credit u the
vulOur finds. Na-. q 1904.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-26

We VIII probably have no more rain
until another date is fixed for the ball
game in which the Press club of salt
Lake and the Commercial club are to
participate.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-26
SOME MISSOURI STATISTICS.

w HILE THE FINGER Of scorn is
W being worked over time toward
Missouri because Of the legislative and
other scandals in that state, it is well,
perhaps, to remind some of our Re
publican contemporaries of a few mat
tiers in connection with Missouri. They
have held up the disgracefuI legislative
doings as examples Of Democratic mis-
management and have even attempted
to make capital out Of the st. Louis
boodIers.
Let us look over the state at large,
nrst According TO statistics recently
compiled, Missouri, which has been
Democratic throughout her history.
does not owe a single dollar. With as
easements averaging only about SO per
cent Of the actual market value Of the
property. the state tax rate is only IS
cents on each 800. AIissouri's state
bonds have always commanded a liberal
premium in the money markets Of the
country.
Wise legislative enactments have as
sisted the counties in paying off their
debts and restoring their credit. The
railroad assessments have been in
creased from nothing to not far from
500, oo0,o0O. All fees and earnings Of
state departments are paid into the
state treasury. State institutions have
been multiplied from eight to twenty
one. The capital of the state school
fund has been increased to $4,000. 900.
Last year the annual distribution Of
state school money was S1,17O 900, the
Per capita being S1.20. The distribution
Of state revenues for the support Of the
public schools has been increased from
One-f5urth TO One-third. Since Jan. /,
1873, bonds amounting to 81, us. 600 have
been paid of. together with interest ag-
gregating so, 4O2, 0924S. Not a great deal
Of bad management about that, is
there?
As to st. Louis. Let US remember, If
you please. that St. Louis is a Republic
an city, that ziegenheim, the mayor
under whom most Of the boodling was
done, was Republican mayor and that
majority Of the boodlng aldermen as
well as the greater part of the wealthy
bribe-givers, are Republicans. one
thing more to remember. That is. Jo-
seph w. Folk the circuit attorney. who
is prosecuting the bOOdlers and sending
them TO the penitentary as fast as the
court machinery can grind, is a Demo-
crat
OF course, there are criminal Demo
Gratis in Missouri and in St Louis. but
all the Democrats there are not Grim
inals by any means, as the statistics
show Nor are they all poor business
men, for few states have a better adj
1frr-r-
VIII our esteemed Republican contem-
poraries kindly cork their vitrioI bottles
for just little while as far as Missouri
Is concerned?
They might, if they chose, fully oe-
eupy their time with the good old Re-
publican state Of Pennsylvania and the
good old Republican city Of Philadel-
0Rss
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-26

IT HE DISASTROUS RESULTS Of the
L automobile race from Paris TO
Madrid cannot fail to have a damaging
effect On the automobile industry. So
numerous were the casualties, incIud-
ing, as they did. several deaths. be-
sides in a number Of cases injuries
which may terminate fatally, that the
French premier believed it to be neces-
saTy to forbid the completion of the
contest. so far as French soil was con-
cerned.
In the very nature of things it is not
surprising that the accidents were 50
numerous. In this race the world was
given an example Of speed madness in
its most aggravated form. To all in
tents and purposes many Of the men at
the levers and steering wheels Of the
ponderous machines were wild Iunatics.
They were controlled by a single desire.
the desire to win.
So firmly was this idea implanted in
their hearts that they lost sight of the
imminent probability of immediate
death, not only for themselves but for
spectators as well. The speed attained
by some Of the machines was so ire
mendous as to be almost beyond under
standing. The dispatches tell Of one
automobile, driven by Louis Renault,
that tore through the country at a rate
of $50 miles per hour for a short dis
lance. His average speed, outside the
cities, was sixty-two miles an hour.
Think of dashing over any road at
such a rate. The fastest schedules on
the railroads Of the country do not be-
gin to approximate such a rate as this.
And the railroad train has everything
in its favor. It has absolutely smooth
rails, a weIl-balIasted and solid road
bed, weight and power. Yet a greater
speed than a mile a minute under the
most suspicious circumstances is re-
garded as dangerous in the extreme.
How much more dangerous, then, is d
greater speed on an ordinary roadway?
We are told that the French roads are
the finest in the world Granting that.
it is impossible to believe that those
roads are smoother than steel rails.
There must be in them tiny pebbles, in
! f1nitely small clods of earth and other
minute Instructions that the ordinary
traveller would not notice, but obstruc-
/ tons such as would change the course
| Of an automobile at high speed and
bring disaster upon its occupants
The only really astonishing feature of
| the interrupted Paris Madrid race is
| that the list Of casualties was not long
/ er. Nevertheless, it is unfair to judge
/ the possibilities of the automobile by
/ the performances of the French ma
MACS. In careful hands the automobile
! is safer than the average family driv-
/ ing horse. A survey of automobile &C
/ cidents demonstrates the contention
/ that in nearly every one Of them the
trouble is caused by speed madness or
pure careIessness
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-26

Report has it that the quarters being
used for city prisoners are foul beyond
description. 1t is said that a humane
man wouldn't tncarcerate a decent dog
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-26
SOeEIE7 /.

The tea given by Mrs. W. T. Daily
yesterday afternoon in honor of Mrs.
Theodore a. Baldwin was one of the
prettiest Of the spring affairs. The
drawing room was decorated entirely in
nasturtiums and the rest of the house
In white and green. In the dining room
masses of white marguerites decorated
the table. An orchestra stationed on
the upper landing furnished delightful
music throughout the afternoon Mrs
Daily was assisted in receiving by. Mrs.
William O'Brien, Mrs. Walter Filler,
Mrs Charles Post, Mrs. Joseph Young,
Mrs. Union WOrthingtOn Mrs. Robert
Glendinning and the Misses Hanauer
and Mason Mrs BascOm presided at
served punch in the library. Several
hundred ladies called during the after
noon.
Mrs. W. Montague Ferry will enter
tain at a luncheon tomorrow in honor of
Miss Edith Ferry, who is her guest
Miss Ida Hanauer viii not return
from the east, but will spend the sum
mer with friends in the Adirondacks-
Captain and Mrs. McKenna are at the
Knutsford with r c. Kerens for the
coming week.
Mrs. Hal W. Brown and Miss Mary
Louise Anderson viii entertain this
afternoon at an affair for Miss Kathe-
rine Leonard
Mrs. Theodore A. Baldwin, who has
been m the city for the past few weeks,
VIII leave some time during the week
for her home.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. Madsen enter
tanned at family dinner last evening
in honor Of Miss Louise Madsen and
s. H. Lund.
Miss Mercy r. Baker goes to Preston
Monday to read before the students Of
the Oneida Stake academy
Miss Sarah Reid Park has returned
from Stanford and is at home with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Park at 40
J street Mr.. Robert Park will not re-
turn during the summer, but will spend
his vacation in the mountains of Cali
fOrnia.
Mrs John Reed. who has spent the
past few weeks visiting her parents in
Seattle, has returned to her home.
I
of Butte, Mont. viii spend the summer
in the city and will board at Rowland
hall.
Miss Katherine Greary of Fort Doug
las will entertain a party of twelve at
a Dutch supper tomorrow evening in
honor of Mrs. Mclaughlin.
Warren c. Bogue is expected home
from a trip to Denver today.
Fred Hayt Of Park City, a brother of
Mrs. Keyes, arrived in the city last
evening and will spend some days here.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Gregg viii leave
next Saturday for Mexico.
c. l. Rood. who has been in Denver
I for few days, Will be home today.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-26

there. However. the place has its com
DensatIons. Perhaps it win prove a
powerful agency for reform.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-26
INSPECT THE MILK.

II HE ANNOUNCEMENT by Dr. Ed
L ward Martin, director of public
health and charities In the city Of
Philadelphia, that he proposes to in
augurate a thorough system Of milk
inspection there this summer, calls at
tention to the necessity Of enforcing
similar regulations here. We have no
desire to hurry Health Oh1cer Stewart,
who succeeded Dr. J. c. Elliott King at
the head Of the Salt Lake health de-
partment. but the matter is one that
should occupy. and doubtless win oc-
cupy. at least a portion Of his time.
DR.. Kings inspection system was
rigid and thorough. and DR.. Stewart
should follow in his footsteps. It has
been demonstrated. time and time
again, that nothing is so productive
Of mortality among infants as impure
milk Impure milk causes cholera in
fantum and numerous other diseases
that on ckly end the lives of children.
In a city Of the size Of Salt Lake a
majority Of the residents must neces-
sarily put their trust in the health
officer.
They have not the facilities for test
ing milk themselves and they cannot
keep their own cows. They must buy
milk from diaries Of which they know
little or nothing. If the milk from
every dairy IS tested and inspected at
regular, or preferably irregular, inter
walls, the consumers Will receive the
measure OF protection TO which they
are entitled. Any milk dealer who is
found to be adulterating his milk or
putting personalities Of any kind into
it should be prosecuted to the last
limit Of the law.
More. his name should be published
in every newspaper in the city, so
that the people will understand he is
not a man who is to be trusted; that
he is, IN fact little less than a Grim
inal, for any man who deliberately
adulterates milk is as much a Grim
inal as the man who. in any other way.
secures money by false pretenses. The
dealer in impure milk is really worse
than the ordinary criminal, because he
imperils the lives of his customers
DR.. Stewart Is hardly settled in his
Office as yet. but he need not wait to
be settled before he goes after the milk
men. No honest dealer Will be injured
in the least by an inspection system,
however rigid.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-26
LIFE INSURANCE FIGURES.

CITIZENS of the United States re-
- ceived last year 1924, 799. 331 for life
insurance, according to a table COM
piled by the Insurance Press This
gives an, idea Of the amount Of money
paid out for life insurance, for, Of
course, the companies are not in bust
ness merely for the sake of being in
business. If they paid out close to
s235. OOO, 900 it is fair to presume that
they received in premiums anywhere
from $500, 600 900 to $3.50, 900, 900, and the
business is still growing.
An interesting fea ture Of the Insur-
ance Press report is the statement Of
the amounts of insurance in force in
the leading cities of the country. II
every individual who carries an insur-
ance policy In ninety-nine cities named
should die tomorrow. the companies
would be called on to pay the fairly
comfortable sum Of 800, 100, 600, OOO If
one man had that much money ne
would be IN a position where he need
not care how much the price Of beef
advanced. He could have it on his
table at least twice a week.
New York City has the greatest
amount Of insurance in force. Her
people carry policies aggregating 81
O56. 900. 900. From that amount the to-
tails range as low as 100000 for the
city Of Altoona, Pa, which has a popu-
Iation OF 1888. 1t is with satisfaction
that The Herald notes that Salt Lake
ranks well up in the list In proper
ton to population the city carries as
much or more life insurance than any
other city IN the land.
With an aggregate Of some $1,000
persons. according to the census OF
1900, we have S25. 900. 900 in life insur-
ance That puts US far ahead of many
cities having considerably more popu-
lation It indicates, too. that the wage
earners here do not believe in permit
ting their families to go without any
protection whatever. On a basis of So
900 population we carry S454 insurance
for every man. woman and child IN
the city.
This is, however, not fair test, be-
cause the average life insurance policy
Is, and ought to be. upwards Of s., goo.
SO the agents need not be discouraged
There is still plenty Of room in Salt
Lake to expand@their business in. And
it should not require any effort at all
to convince the man with anyone de-
pendent upon him that life insurance
is not a luxury. but a necessity.
The companies make money out Of it,
beyond a doubt but it is very much
better for the companies to make
money than forsthe widow or orphans
to be left absolutely destitute. The
rich insurance companies can far bet
ter afford to carry the risk than the
dependents.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-26

The Logan Journal of recent date
publishes a severe editorial arraign-
ment Of Governor Beckham Of Ken
lucky for not Offering a greater reward
than $500 for the arrest and conviction
Of Attorney Marcum's assassin In
the size Of the reward the Journal
thinks it sees an evidence Of insincer-
ity. Except for the fact that the Ken
lucky statutes prohibit the governor
from offering a reward Of more than
$500 in any case. the criticism would
be well founded. Further. militia has
been sent to the mountains and every
effort is being made to establish order
there
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-26
INSURANCE.
once 142 Main Street CUpstairs).

Representing the Following Wen known
COMPANIES:
Commercial Union Assurance
Co. Of London -.....-----.--.. SIS 000. 900 90
London Assurance Corporation 20, OOO. 900 40
Phoenix Assurance Co. Of Lon
don 80. 80. 49, -. :. 100000 90
Manchester Insurance Co. of
England 49,. ...... ...,.. -. 1O.Oe0. 900 %
American. Philadelphia $500 $500. 600 90
New York Underwriters $500 r. 259. 900 %
Standard Accident ms CO. 100000 %
Losses paid through this Agency
exceed $500. OOO-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-26

Now that the weather man has given
Us sunshine again We don't know
whether to be grateful to him for that
blessing or abuse him for not giving It
to US sooner, now that we know he
knows what the right thing IS.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-26

The death of Paul RIouet CAIax
O'RelD removes one of the brightest
of the present day newspaper writer's
N Blouet had a charm pes Iliarly his
own. His work viii be missed from
the columns of the New York paper
on which he was employed
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-26
Sixty Years Experience of an Old
NurSa

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup IS the
prescription of one OF the hest female
physicians and nurses in the United
States and has been used fer sixty years
with neVeF-iatllng success by millions %
mothers for their children During the
process OF teething its value is incaIcuIs-
pie. II relieves the child from pain. cure7
5iarrhoea. gripping in the bowels and vln.I
collie. By giving health to the child Il
rests the mother. Price 25 cents a bottle
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-26

The streets of Salt Lake are to be
lined with flags in honor of President
Roosevelt. The idea is a good one.
The head Of the nation ought to be
shown that we know the national flag
when we see it
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-15
58TH CONGRESS-.
Holiday Recess Will Extend
from Dec. 10 to Jan. 4.
House Gives Its Speakers a Chance on
Panama Canal Bill.
And Senate Hears Something More on
Cuban Reciprocity.

Washington, Dec. 1.-THE House
upon converting, today, adopted con-
current resolution providing for re-
cess adjournment from Dec. 10 to
Jan. 4.
The Speaker by unanimous consent
appointed Delegate <alauianoale of
Hawaii as member of the committee
on territories.
A joint resolution was introduced
providing that the last naval appropri-
alton bin shall not be so construed as
TO deprive midshipmen at sea of COM
mutation of rations.
The House then went into committee
of the whole with Lawrence Mass. in
the chair for the further consideration
Of the pension appropriation bill.
Adams, Rep. Pa, spoke on the Pana-
ma situation Adams defended the course
pursued by this government in connec-
ton with the canal question and the pol
icy of the administration in dealing with
the Central American situation. He said
Colombia had acted in a shameful man.
ner in the canal negotiations. Troops of
the Colombian government, he said, We're
on the isthmus when Panama declared for
freedom and made no opposition to the
act.
Gaines, Dem. Tenn, who was recog-
nized. for one hour spoke on tobacco in
terests, asserting the reed of legislation
in behalf of the grower. The farmers of
the tobacco states are crying out against
the war taxes, which he said are imposed
Lind, Dem, Mimi. speaking on the
tariff. said that two or three of the great
est manufacturing nations of the earth
had reached the highest point in their
greatness. one under n protective policy.
the other under free trade. lie said
therefore the right could not be claimed
for protection nor wrong for free trade.
In his opinion there would be no free
trade in this country
Lind argued for freer trade relations
with Canada, saying that we received
raw material from them and sell them in
dustrial products.
Beall, Dem, Texas, said that while the
Democrats want Il canal, they want it in
an honorable way. lie asserted that 1t
was known to the representatives Of the
United States on the isthmus that The rar
volt was to occur and il was also known
in Washington.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-15
WESTSROOK ELECTION.
Joseph A. Warren Elected by Republi
cans fer the Third Time.

Westbrook. Me- Dec. 1.-THE Re-
publicans, today, elected Joseph A..
Warren mayor OF Westbrook for the
third time. His majority was us over
his Democratic opponent, Luther a.
Frank, the largest ever given Re-
publican candidate in this city. OF
the is aldermen, but one Democrat
was elected Rufus X. Jordan, on the
ticket at large. The aldermen elect
are: AZ large. James W. Morris, Wal
ter +. Haskell, Rufus X. Jordan: Ward
|, John E. Harvey. Harry n. Melcher;
Ward 2, Edward Anderson, Charles Il.
Anderson; Ward 2. Alphonso Nj. SWEET.
w. e. Mcclellan: Ward 4. Ludgev To
mangeau, Waller NJ. Henderson; Ward
5. George NJ. Cobb. j. Warren Phin
ney. Otis S. Trafton, the Republican
candidate for city clerk, rolled up a
ma jOritV of 2G4.