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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-09-17
REPUBLICAN CHANCES.

AS a condition precedent to his
ultimate belief in hell, the late
Robert G. Ingersoll stipulated
that Kentucky should first go re-
publican, which story recalls an
incident somewhat similar which
came under the observation; of
the writer; and occurred in the
last state election when the re-
publicans came so near carrying
Idaho county. With the laudable
desire Of consoling a Disguised
stalwart, the writer pointed out
the fact that the nearness to sue
cess in that struggle justified the
certain hope that the republicans
would win two years hence.
win nothing!" said the irate
one. "Td just as soon expect
hell to turn methodist as to ex-
pect Idaholconnty to turn repub-
lean" Al ,.Jof, which may, or
may not, have any bearing upon
the political outlook. for Idaho
county. The. point desired to be
made here is that Kentucky went
republican, and that, top, during
the life of the great agnostic,
and wonld, no doubt,,s have re-
manned so telthis day bit for the
blunders of that party. > 70
AS to, whether Idaho county
will be equally fortunate in dis
carding the so-called democracy
this coming election, remains, to
be seen. The writer believes it
will. While their success may
not be sweeping, we think it safe
to assume that they will win the
most important offices. sFor ex-
ample, those of county attorney
and at least two commissioners.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-09-17

go through without any trouble.
True, Mr.. Hedges will win some
votes in the mining camps on the
strength of his advocacy of the
South Fork wagon road, but on
the other hand and for the same
reason, he will lose in another
direction more than he will gain
in the mountains, for had the
county democracy favored this
project they would have said so
in convention.
AS for county attorney, the
election of Mr.. Griffith, the pres
ent incumbant, would be consid-
cred a very real, tangible mis-
fortune by the people of this side
of the county, as would the re-
election of Commissioners Griffith
and Simons. AS to Messrs. Pet
tibone and Butler, it must be adj
mitted that, viewed from this end
of the line, Mr.. Pettibone has the
advantage, owing to his wide ac-
quaintence in the hills and his
well known progressiveness in
the matter of better transporta-
ton to the various mining camps.
The same conditions apply to Mr..
Morton and Mr.. Bentz. Those
gentlemen, in marked contrast to
the present incumbants, recog-
nizing the overshadowing impor-
lance of a home market for farm
products furnished by the devel-
opment of the mineral resources
of the county, will, it is believed,
accord the mountain roads their
just proportion of attention,
judged by their Importance to
the entire county instead of the
present system of pro rata mile
age.
While the MINING NEWS does
not attach much Importance to
the question of inspecting the
county's past accounts, still SER
iouS charges of mal-administra-
ton have been made, and from
the standpoint of this paper they
have not been, successfully re-
futed. But this failure might be
caused by feeling of conscious
rectitude on the part of the pres
ent officials; still, in their interest
and in the interest of the public,
the books should be examined.
To secure this desired end it
is evident that a new admins.
tration is necessary, since the
party in power at the present
time has rested under this stigma
for ten years without a serious
effort being made to disprove it,
Taken by and wide it appears,
despite some minor blunders or
their part, which is to be expected
in a truly popular convention,
that the republicans have the
half Nelson on their auxiliaries ir
Idaho county as elsewhere, north
of Mason and Dixon's line.
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The Ignition of Gasoline Engines.
A mining man of Colorado, who pur
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-09-17

Presidential Electors
F. J, HAGENBARTH, Fremont.
H. w. KEIFER, Bingham.
E. w. OLIVER, Idaho.
For Supreme Judge
In. SULLIVAN, Blaine,
For Congressman
B. L. FRENCH, Latah.
For Governor
F. R. COOLING, Lincoln.
For Lieutenant Governor
B. L. STEVENS, Washington.
For Secretary of State
w. H. GIBSON, Fremont.
For Treasurer
H. N. COFFIN, Ada.
For Attorney General
]. J. GUHEEN, Bannock.
For Auditor
ROBERT S. BRAGOW, Kooteni.
For Sup't of Public Instruction
MAE L. SCOTT; Bingham.
For Mining Inspector
ROBERT N. BELL, Custer.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-09-17
REPUBLICAN NOMINEES.

For President
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
For Vice President
CHARLES w. FAIRBANKS.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-03-26
A Sky Pilot Now

Chicago, March 25.-William
Sunday, once the fastest sprinter or
the baseball diamond. and a star in
Capt Ansons Chicago team of the
early sos, IS the hero of a religious
crusade that has won 100000 persons
in forty days.
For forty days a religious tempest
has been sweeping over northern Illi-
nois and eastern Iowa. Eastward and
northward up the Rock river valley,
westward across the Mississippi
southwark a distance of seventy-fve
miles, over territory inhabited BY
hundreds of thousands of people, II
has ragged Throughout a section OF
Illinois, with a population of 265,00o
and over an area of Iowa with a popu
lation of 10000. this religious fervor
has spread.
At Sterling. Ill, the center OF the
crusade. 2.647 converts have beer
made At one meeting the attendance
was $4,000 Whole communities have
been converted. In Sterling and Rock
Falls, with combined population of
$4,000, every form of so-called sinful
amusement has been abandoned.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-03-26
A Badge of Honor

The Honorable John Wesley Gaines.
member of the house of representatives
from Tennessee. says that while in
Paris last summer he met a fellow
countryman who invariably sported
huge blue badge bearing the legend OF
the National Democratic Committee.
After a time" says Mr. Gaines, my
curiosity as to why my fellow citizen
should be displaying such an emblem
got the better of me. So / asked him
the reason.
Well, one day at one of the big
hotels l observed a number of chaps
who got the best of me at all times. l
bethought me that 1t would be a good
plan to consult one of the walters in
the matter. This 1 did. paving the
way with a tip.
"A great light burst upon me when
I was politely informed by the waiter
that one OF the gentlemen indicated
wore the badge of the legion of honor,
that the other sported the insignia of
the Order of st. Michael and st.
George, ard that the third was the
proud possessor of the order of the
Star of India. Gentlemen wearing
these and other orders. added my in
formant were invariably given the ut
most consideration.
so 1t didn't take me long to drop
into line. l dug down into my trunk
and pulled out the badge you now see
pinned upon me, and l have worn II
ever since. OF course, none of our
French friends have the least idea of
its significance. but it's a decoration,
and that goes with them! Since
put it on, nothing has been too good
for mel"
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-03-26
Chance for the Buzzafd

Lewis Nixon, the New York Demo-
cratic politician and shipbuilder, finds
himself a target for all the men with
new nauticaI Inventions. OF late there
has been a marked run of submarine
boat architects. The other day. after
listening for half an hour to explana-
tions from man who clearly savored
of the crank, Mr.. Nixon ventured to
show a lack of faith. which caused the
inventor to gather up his plans and
depart In great Indignation.
These submarine fellows are get
ting on my nerves." remarked Nixon
TO a friend.
THAT chap wants TO build a boat
modelled after an eel. I'm looking for
some man to turn up with the plans
of boat using the duck for a proto-
type, which can dive and wrench off
the enemy's hull plates with it's cast
iron bill. and If caught in shallow wa
ter can spread it's wings and fly away
uttering loud and defiant quacks from
it's steam quacker."
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-03-26
Enclosed the Ticket

Orson Lowell, the magazine illustra-
tor, used to have model that he val
ued highly because he could wear ev-
ening clothes like q gentleman"
something which the professional mod
Ell ccannot always do. The fellow had
apparently seen better days. but the
only remaining relic of them was his
dress-suit and his ability to turn up
fifteen minutes before the appointed
time for sitting, wearing shabby
business suit, and after some moments
rapid talk on any subject which came
uppermost in his mind. he would say:
Sir, l am very sorry-I regret to
say-I feel 1t more than I can possb
ly tell you'll am overwhelmed with
confusion-but-but, sir, / was obliged
to hypothecate-to sequestrate-- ah. In
short, sir. TO hock-my evening gar
ments for 81. Redeem them sir, and
am at your service. Here is the tick
et"
This went on day after day, till a.
nally Mr. Lowell hit on the plan of
hiding his business suit while he was
charwoman had carried it off by mis-
take, and sending him away at the
end of the sitting in his evening rig.
confident that he had no other, and that
he would return at the appointed time
the next day, ready to pose.
The hour arrived. Also a messenger
boy with this note:
'Honored Sir: I cannot find words
fitthg-I do not know how to convey
10 you'll stand speechless. sir, and am
aghast-but-ah. the fatal 'but'-but
| was forced to-compelled, driven, TO
again pledge my evening garments as
collateral security for the sum OF 81.
Redeem them, and l am at your serv-
ice. l am at the pawnbroker's, in bed
in a back room. Sir, l enclose the
ticket"
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-03-26
HAPPENINGS IN OUR
OWN STATE
Late News NOles Gathered
From Many Places in
Nevada

The monthly salaries and expenses
of Reno public schools foot up $25o0.
The Epworth League of Nevada will
hold a convention in Reno on June z.
and 9.
The Eagles of Reno are arranging
May day.
At Overton, Lincoln county: april
cots as large as marbles are already
on the trees.
John McCaffery was sent to jail for
sixty days in Reno for stealing an
overcoat. McCaffery Is an ex-convict.
The Independent says several cases
of smallpox have broken out In Elko.
but have not been reported to the au-
thorities
Bert Learn, charged with robbery
committed at a resort on the irriga-
tion canal in Lyon county, has been
brought to Dayton for trial.
S. d. Loring & Co., OF New York,
have put up s15o.000 to pay off the in
debtedness of the New York and Me-
vada Copper company of Ely.
Governor Sparks Hereford cattle
are becoming famous on both sides of
the continent, where there is an eager
demand for Nevada blooded stock.
Eastern parties are endeavoring to
get a bond on the Allison Ranch
mine, near Grass Valley, for 1870 days.
1t is reported that the property is Of
fered for sale for s150000.
A Salt Lake company is making
test of ores from White Pine county
and in case of success a smelter is to
be erected on the ground. Utah
seems to be taking pretty firm hold
onto Nevada mining properties.
The ladies night" event at the
Palace saloon In Reno is getting seri-
Gus. The editor of the Gazette has
demanded an apology from the editor
Of the Journal, and the streets of the
Riverside town are likely to run with
gore.
The Goldfield Prospector is the name
of newspaper to be established in
the new mining camp of Esmeralda
county. B. M. Barndollar. formerly
connected with the Reno Journal, Is
the promoter and the plant is now in
transit.
Reno is in for couple of law suits.
Nick Hammersmith. a barber, Is pre-
pairing to test the right of the city ta
collect a license from a man who
works for living and auothar cfti-
zen proposes to find out by what
right he is prevented from repairing
a building damaged by fire.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-03-26

weather prevails i'm Manchuria.
The formal announcement that Ko-
rea has decided to open the port of
Yongampho to the trade of the world
reached japanese circles yesterday.
but the actual date of the opening has
not been determined. The committee
of the house is investigating tho
charge against Tiesuke Akiyama.
member of parliament. of being in the
pay of the Russians. did not concIud.
its work. but will probably make its
report Monday.
A cable message from Toxic says the
speech by NJ Yamamoto, the minister
speechc by NJ. Yamamoto. the minister
of marine. and passed with enthusiasm
and without a dissenting voice vote
of thanks to Vice Admiral Togo and
his officers Tor their services to the
country.
When the vote was taken the men,
bers of the house arose and cheereo
the speech.
The Bourse Gazette, of st. Peters
burg, in a leading article on Japi
philism maintains that the pro-Japan-
ese sympathy among the commercial.
nations at the outbreak of the war +,
not being sustained. owing to the
fuller realization that the growth of
Japan's inte ests in the 81 eat COM
mercial country win mean the destruc-
ton of all that the Europeans hae
accomplished In the far east.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-03-26
New 'PhOnes

The following new telephones have
recently been added to the Winnemuc
ca exchange. Subscribers are request
ed to enter them upon the printed list:
6S Bell. ]. W., residence.
s6 Cordano. D., saloon.
los Methodist Parsonage.
81 Evans, r. r., residence.
25 Evans, r. T., ranch.
5i Porter, T., residence.
Kilbourne. w. r.. Paradise.
Lipman, j. A, residence.
Numbers for the last two are yet to
be supplied. and will be published as
soon as determined.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-03-26
The Lady and the Tiger

Many of the very best people of
Reno were at the Palace opening last
night. Many gentlemen were there
with their wives and their daughters
and a great many of the ladies did
feed the tiger. They did 1t openly.
their husbands and fathers approx
ing. Not one of these best people will!
probably ever be seen in the Palace
again. They wanted to go and see
just once. They went; that settled
it. Hereafter, if there is any family
gambling the husbands and fathers
and big brothers will attend to it,
Journal.
1t is rather a wellknown fact. COM
ments the Carson News, that after
toying with the tiger there Is grow
ing impulse to fordle the velvet coat
Of the animal again.
No doubt before long special faro
tables will be set apart for families
desiring to play. After awhile Reno
will become so reckless that people
will begin investing In those counter
felt lottery tickets which are sold in
Reno
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-03-26
Easter Services

The Methodist Sunday school is pre-
pairing a. charming concert for Easter
Sunday night. The committee having
the matter in chal ge have sent and
pIocui ed some new and unique exer-
cises, which are to be added to the
already excellent program for the
evening. The children are rehearsng
almost daily. ard the few favored ones
who have been permitted TO see them
go through their exercises say tha,
IT will certainly be the best Easter
program ever given in Wnnemucca
rhe supe intendent has ordered the
flowers from San Francisco. and ar
rangements are about completed tc
make the Easter tide Of 1904 one of the
most profitable and joyous occasions
that we have ever experienced.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-03-26
THEY HAD A GOOD TIME
Reception and Grand Ball at
GOiCOndd q Success

The grand ball and reception given
by Mr.. John Saval. In the Golconda
hotel at Golconda last night. was
pronounced success in every way, an.
those who went from Winnemucca are
unanimous and free In their praise of
their host and the prepai ations that
had been made for everybody's enjoy
ment.
There were twenty eight In tn.
crowd that went from here, and
nearly twice that number from othe,
places. The town was given over to
the visitors and nothing was too good
for Them. At the dance. while tbs
number OF gentlemen present greatly
exceeded that OF the ladies. all en-
joyea themselves to the limit. The
Mafino brothers. l.. G.. Auletti AMI
George Hin furnished the music, and
between every number three cheers
and a tiger were given In appreciation
81 the liberality and thoughtfulness OF
fhe host
Ai midnight the crowd sat down &c
one OF the SWEETEST banquets ever serv-
ed IN Humboldt county. where the
abundance and variety of the edibes
sci forth would have reflected credit
on the most famous caterers Of San
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-03-26
OnI, a Printer

HE is only a printer" Such was
the sneering remark of leader in g
circle of aristocracy-of the Goldfish
quality. Who was the Earl OF Stan
hope? A printer. What were Prime.
Edward William and Prince Napol-
eCn? Proud TO call themselves print
ers. The present Gear of Russia, the
crown prince of Prussia and the Duke
OF Battenburg are printers. and the
emperor of China works in a private
printing office nearly every day.
William Caxton. the father of Eng.
lish literature. was a practical print
er. What were G. p. Morris, N. +
Willis. James Gale. Charles Richard
son. James Parker. Horace Greeley.
Charles Dickens. James Buchanan.
Simon Cameron, and Schuyler Colfax?
All printers. and practical ones.
Mark Twain. Bret Harte. Amos Cum
mings and Opie Read are plain practi-
cal printers, and all are good ones.
SO also were Artemus Ward. Bill Nye.
Petroleum V. Nasby and Sut Lovin-
good. Senator Plumb was a printer.
and so is Ex-Governor Hogg of Texas.
and the leader of science and philos-
ophy in his day made 1t his boast that
he was d printer.
In fact. thousands of the most brill
liant minds In the country are to be
found tolling In the publishing houses
of the large cities and towns. 1t Is
not every one that can be printer
brains are absolutely necessary.-Cen-
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-03-26
No FIGHTING IS RE-
PORTED
japanese and Russian Armies
Shifting Positions Moth
ing New IN Situation

Both the Russian ard Japanese ar
stepping apd marching. and the pros
pect of an actual battle in the imme.
diate future seems rather remote
Russian soldiers never lose an oppor-
tunity to plunder and forage; a re-
port from Seoul is to the effect that
two detachments of Russian troops
onne estimated to number $50 and the
other 200 men, are plllaging the coun-
try around Anju. The natives. in fea ,
are fleeing south. Anju is forty miles
miles south of the Yalu river.
A large body of the cars soldier.
has arrived at Vladivostok in good
health and spirits. weather beatei.
and in some cases with frostbitten
faces, but the only other indications
of their 1000 mile journey are thei,
fur coats and felt boots. which they
brought with them, though no longer
necessary. as spring is setting in with
sunny days. A correspondent on his
Siberia, (which formerly was popu-
lated by dogs. is now alive with
T. oops" He saw a mounted battery
drawn by the Mongolian ponies. Cen
eral Linevitchc has telegraphed to
the general staff that there is no sick
ness among the Russian troops. They
are all in excellent health. splina
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-03-26
Flowing of Metals

1t is perhaps. not generally known
that one of the most important prop
critics of metals employed in striking
coins and medals. and in stamping and
shaping articles of jewelry. is that Of
flowing under pressure. Standard sill
yer is remarkable for this property.
which precisely resembles the flowing
of a viscous fluid. The flow takes place
when the metal is subject to rolling
stamping or hammering. and the par
ticles of the metal are thus carried in
10 the sunken parts of the die without
produced.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-03-26

Francisco. Dancing was again re-
sumed, and kept up until the arrival
of No. s. when most of the Winnie
mucca people came home.
II. j.. Lorentzen brought home a
handsome souvenir of the occasion, q
genuine hand made Mexican som.
brero, purchased by popular subscrip-
ton and presented by his friends on
condition that he wear 1t for one week
continuously. 1t is little in advance
of anything in the way of Easter mil
linery seen In this section, and Jacks
pride in the gift is certainly pardona-
BILE.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-03-26
LOyeIOCk News Items
(From the Argus.)


Il. f. Lynap departed for Alturas
California, Sunday evening.
Mrs Chas. Stoker is confined to her
bed with illness this week.
Senator w. C. Pitt returned Tuesday
noon from a business trip to Fallon
the new county seat of Churchill
county.
L. M. Pugh departed for Dean, Lam
der county. Tuesday night. Mr.. Pugh
goes to Dean to resume his former po-
sition with a mining company
Sidney Hill is spending the week In
San Francisco making arrangements
for the construction of his new hall
We learn that carpenters will begih
work just as soon as the lumber ar
rives.
Mail Carrier Biggs. who came in
from Boyer last evening. informs US
that there is four feet of snow on the
Cottonwood road at Kitten Springs
and still showing.
p. f. VanScoy, wife and child. ar
rived from Massey yesterday. Mr.
VanScoy is an operator and has beer
assigned the day trick here. Charles
Noble has charge of the night work at
the depot.
Chas. b. Ramsdell. who has been
employed by Baker Bros. as book
keeper for the past seventeen months.
has resigned his position and departed
Sunday evening for California. He in
tends returning to Lovelock in
couple of weeks.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-03-26
Joke on a BulIfighter

Not long ago French bull fighter of
Beaucaire named August Fabre, who
v as not particularly prosperous. inn
agined he saw an opening for his tai
ents i'm America. and wrote t. New
Ycrk for an engagement. writes the
Paris correspondent OF the New York
World. To his surprise he received
this answer:
1T is not a slayer of bulls we want
in New York this fall. but slayer of
tigers"
The great Fabre had never heard of
Tammany, and he took the message
literally. and after fortifying himself
with few drinks OF absinthe. he ca
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-03-26
The Botkin Trial

San Francisco, Calf, March % -
In the Botkin murder case today For
mer Lieutenant of Police Colby testi
fed that the various exhibits In the
case were carefully guarded by hin,
during the time they were in the pos
session Of Chief Lees.
Professor Price. the chemist, who
examined the chocolates, said that
there is no arsenic in verdegris
which Attorney Knight intimates
might have poisoned the candy from
the candy makers kettles.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-03-26
lnverting the Terms

Johnnie. being asked by his teacher
20 write the figure nine on the black
board, replied that he did not know
how.
do you know how to make the figure
six?" she asked.
Yes
Well" she said. write the figure
SIX upside down. and you will have
the ngure nine"
The next day his grandpa asked him,
How old are your"
six: but II you turn me upside down
I'll be Chronicle.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-03-26

bled back: agreed for the tiger fight.
Am going into training. Send date"
Then the ingenious bull fighter told
his comrades about his engagement,
and was preparing to learn the way
tigers should be attacked and con-
quered. when he met a friend better
posted on American idiosyncracies
and from him he learned the truth.
But he cautioned his friend to silence
annd said nothing. So the inha bitants
of Beaucaire remain convinced that
in New York arenas are maintained
for tiger fighting.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-03-26
Insurgent Leader Executed

Washington, March 25.-U. S. Min
lister Powell cables the state depart
ment from San Domingo City under
yesterdays date that President NO
rales has captured and caused to be
promptly executed General Nicholas
Arias. the insurgent leader who was
convicted of killing Machinist john
ston of the steam launch of the
United States ship Yankee a few
weeks ago.