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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-07-22

ell statements Of receipts and dirburse.
ment CT the carnival. The Appeal in
commenting TN the statements ia! = tie
carnival sank into Il drplorabIe rut of
craftsmanship and rat holes for private
graft. Governor Sparks contributed
S23O Ia the show and WIS not invited To
II seat on the platform during tue literary
exercises on the Fourth Of July. The
Appeal intimatcs that he WIS snubbed
because he is Il Democrat. Some III the
bills as originally put III. the Appeal
Gays, wonld make the bandit WHO kid
mapped P~eracardis fall of his horse, il
he had been asked To iudorse the III.
They were plain hIghbinding graft and
nothing else. Ii also says the Fourth
OF July celebration ~degeneratcd INTO Il
Republican celebration i'll winch the
members Of the q. y. u. grated for all
that WIS in sight.
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HEPUHLICAS sTAGNArIOS.

Tho great majority Of the Republican
Iarty used to worship James G.. Blaine
and the policies that he stood for. IIo
favored reciprocity, especially with
South American countries. and in "a
speech at Watcrviilc, Me Aug. 20, 1890
he said:
sour grcat need ia expansion. I
mean expansion Of trade with countrics
where wO can find profitable exchanges.
Wo are not seeking annexation Of terri.
tory. Certainly wo do not desire il I'M.
less 1t should come by the @volition Of a
peopl" who might asE the priceless boon
OF a place under The flag Of the Union.
] feel sure tlnt for II long time to come
tho people Of the United Statcs will bc
wisely content with our present area
mud not launch upon any scheme Of mn.
nexation. AT the same time J think We
srould hc unwiscly content IL we did
not GEEK to engage in whit the Younger
Pitt go well termed annexation OF tradc.-
Tho Republican leaders today are
distinctly opposed to just what Mr..
Blaine was striving for. lie little
thought that within n fcw years a 10.
publican President would TOO forcihly
%"nnextng c0untrica not in thia homrs.
i'iicre and Il Republican Congress would
10 standing pat and refusing to ratiiy
reciprocity treaties that Mckinley had
arranged.
The Blaine Republican must. like the
Tow followers ~ Abe Lincoln TINT are
left, view with dismny the dismal fail.
mc OF their present leaders, who ;car
Ia lcgislnto on important mnticra, but
IN place adopt Il policy Of Legislative |
atagnatioD. Does anyone believe that
Blaine would stand pat nj the present
jnnctufe?
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Seriously Injured

In powder explosion at a sulphur
mine about b miles west Of Humboldt
House Saturday night two young ltul-
ians were badly injured and one Of theu
may lose his eyesIght. They have been
taken 70 the hospital at Wiuuemuccu
and their wounds are beng treated.
The two Italians who go 10y the nam.
OF Jake and Lewis, had prepared L
blast aud lighted the fuse, but 1t eX
pl0ded before they could gain a place OF
safety. Lewis had his face badly Gu
and burned aud It is feared that he will
lose hls eyesight. Jake sustained L
painful wound over the right eye ana
his face and head cut IN a serious man
ner by the flying roc and dirt.
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The five Cinnamon arrested ut Be.
owawe the first OF the week for being
in the United State without entrance pa.
pers, were brought to this city this
morning by United States Marshal K.
Grimmon, and brought up before Unit.
ed States Commissioner r. }. Edwards.
Then it WA found that four OF them
had the necessary papers and they were
Immediately released. The fifth mans
story il that he has the necessary docu.
mant. but it is deposited in n safe place
and he claims to have sent for it to
present "a proof. II his story is
straight he also will be relensed.-Car.
son Newe,
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JUDGE PAKKER's CHANCES.

y dispatch Of the 10Th from Esopus.
New York, has the following interesting
Information;
he policy OF the olive branch, prOpiti
alton and Democratic harmony goes on.
II is intimRtcd that Mr.. Shcelan, on be.
hall OF Judge Parker. will bend his i'm
mediate energies to bring about har.
moniOus actions i'll New York, New
jersey, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and
OHIO. With the exception OF Nebraska,
where every encouragement will he
given Mr.. Bryan in his desire to elect a
Democratic Legislature, and electoral
ticket; little attention will be given in
the early stages Of the campaign to the
states west Of the Mississippi.
Delaware, Maryland and Weet Vir-
ginia are relied on to return to Demo.
cratic muorings, making, with the
southern states, 100 assured electoral
votes. The electoral college this year
consists OF 467 members, OF whom 23g
are a majority. Starting with lGg votes
assured, there are 10 to be gained.
Mr.. Cleveland carried, in addition,
the states Of New York, 30 votes now:
Wisconsin ID, Illinois 81, Indiana 10.
New Jersey ~, and almost car ried Ohio.
%. There is the additional probability
OF carrying Colorado, > votes: Idaho 3
and Nevada 3. To he elected Judge
Parker will require New York, Illinois
aud Colorado, or New York, Indiana,
New Jersey mud Colorado, or New York,
Wisconsin. New jersey. Nevada and
Colorado.
New York ii essential tO Judge Par.
kcr. With New York there are sew
cral reasonable and possible combin.
atlnrs my II Of which would elect.
This is on the assumption TINT every
New England state will 20 Republican,
while both Connecticut and Rhode Is
land arc good ground. Rhode Island
has n Democratic governor, and Con.
ncticut has a fair field.
Tho tight will he made in tho middle
western states. Tho frat stop il To go.
cure democratic harmony md unity and
unto all sections aud factions. II TINT
can be done il il believed TINT the dis
content of many aobcr. conservative Re.
publicans with Mr.. Roose vtl,'a turbu.
lcnce will give Il greater majority Ia
Judge Parker thur Cleveland had in
1892.
MIR. Shcchan sdid that Judge Parker
will win. aud hc believes it.
The New York situation liz very eptra.
factory. The stories TINT Mr.. Shcchnn
is III New York Ia ImrmoDilc with Mr.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-07-22

at Winnemuc1a. on Monday, August 22,
1904, At the hour of one o'clock p. NJ, for
the purpose Of nominating i State ticket
to Ne voted for ut the next general election
to he held on Tuesday, the Sth day Of No.
vember, 1904, consisting of three PreSi-
Dental Electors, one member Of Congress,
one Justice of the Supreme Court, one Re-
gent of the State University, (Long rerm)
and II Regent of the State University,
(Short Term.) Also for the appointment
of 4 State Central Committee and the
transaction of other important business
that may properly come Before the conven-
ton. That the persons hereinafter named
| shall constitute the election boards of the
respective precincts.
Tie qualifications necessary for voters
i the primerieS re the same as required
by the election laws of the State, together
with the following party test: 81 am a
Democrat"
In all cases returns of each precinct shall
I've forwarded to the secretary Of the Coun-
ty Central Committee, which committee
shall act as 4 board OF canvaSSerS of the
votes cast at said primaries and shall issue
certificates of election to the delegates hay
ing the highest number of votes cast.
If for any cause there be i vacancy OF
vacancies in the Primary Election Board,
or where the Central Committee has failed
to designate 4 full board, then those pres
ent shall ill the VACANCIES rs provided BY
law. The attention of the Boards, rs we'll
rs voters, is sailed to the law governing
primary elections, statutes Of 1888, page
IS.
On motion it was ordered that the coun-
~ he divided iutO six districts. ana each
district he composed of the following pre-
cincts and entitled to the number OF dele
egates named, to-wit:
DISTRICT No. l..
TuScarora, Columbia. White .ROok,
Mountain City, Mariis, Jack Creek Edg-
mont-5 delegates.
DISTRICT No. ,,
Elko, Carlin, LamoilIe, Halleck Station
5 delegates.
DISTRICT No. ).
South Fork, Railroad, Mound Valley,
Huntington ! delegate.
DISTRICT No. !.
Starr Valley, Fort HalIeck, North Ruby,
Ruby Valley, CloverIale-2 delegates.
DISTRICT NO 5.
Wells, Toano, Tecoma, Clover Valley,
Sprucemont, O'Neill, Contact delegates
DISTRICT No. 8.
North Fork, Island Mountain, Weilanl.
Bryant delegate.
Polling places Were established and in
SpectorS appointed rs follows:
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OPENS BOTH WAYS.

There is now NJ for doubt that
the Republican national campaign is to
DO carried out on the same theory that
Mr.. Babcock has marked out for the
Congressional campaign. Tho plank OF
the platform adopted Mt Chicago ON the
tariff plainly shows that in states o
Congressional districts that want to
stand pat the Republican platform can
be shown to stand for protection, even
to those trusts who sell their products
cheaper abroad than here, For the
platform says: Protection which
guards and develops our industries is a
cardinal policy OF the Republican party
The measure OF protection should always
at least equal the difference in the cost
Of production Mt home and abroad"
In those states and Congressional dis.
tric;s that are demanding reciprocity or
that the tariff be reduced on trus. pro.
ducts that are sold cheaper abroad than
here the platform will tit their ideas
equally well, for it says, we believe in
the. adoption off, III practicable methods
for their (our foreign markcts) furthe
xtension, including commercial recip.
rocity, wherever reciprocity arrange.
ments can DO perfected consistent with
the principles Of protection"
Viewing all that il eaid upon tho tnr.
III MS a whole the declarations must DO
looked upon rs a ~straddle, and like the
colored mah's fish trap TINT opened up
stream and down, "Will catch 'em n
going and Il coming"
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The Weekly independent.
FRIDAY. ............ JULY s. $50
QUEER DoINGs-


In his anxiety to be President for the
next four years. Theodore Roosevelt Is
doing things that are calculated to
shock his enthusiastic admirers. Those
that have pictured him as a courageous
champion Of the common people and a
fierce enemy OF the trusts anu combines
have had the spectacle OF the arch
enemy OF the octopus, hobnobbing with
The Goulds N the Morgaus, the rail.
way kings and the steel magnates, the
captains OF oil and the barons Of coal,
the f~nanciers that control industry and
manipulate the stock market. 1t has
been n strange proceeding, these White
House conferences between trust bus.
ter and trust Eagnate.
However, much the trust busting
contingent may have had cause to mar
vel, the Presidents enc time associates
in civil service reform have had
greater cause for wonder. Roosevelt,
the champion Of pure politics." the ere.
former with high ideals, hand in glove
with Quay and Addicks, the sponsor
for Payne and the -boss OF the bosses
has utterly amazed the mugwump cult
that purposes to purify government by
eliminating the professional politicians.
The straw that has broken h mug.
wump back is found in tie Presidents
summons to Lou Payne, the New York
Republican politician that Roosevelt
has held up to public opprobrium as he
personiicatIon ~ evil il politics. Tho
President needs Payne, and needing
him he has begged him TO forgive and
forget.
The truly good have been shocked by
this latest exhibition Of Roosevelt fallen
from his high pedestal, but there il II
possibility, OF course, that the President
has been placed IL n false position. 1t
ia possible that he has called the trust
magnates to the White House for the
purpose Of showing them the evil OF
their ways and pointing out to them the
inevitable consequences il they presevere
i'll violating the law. lie may have ap.
pealed to their better nature and leCt-
ured them upon the righteousness Of
earning ones bread in the sweat OF ore's
brow. 1t is possible too, that he has
sought association with Addicks and
Payne to reform them and lend them
from the paths of professional politics
to the higher sphere OF the pure and un-
detiled. milwaukee, Daily NeSe.
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sunncated by Gas:

The Chronicle was just about to go to
press yesterday when news OF IN acct.
dent at Union shaft reached town, and
it WIS impossible at that time to secure
fun details OF the horror.
1t was decided TO remove the bulkhead
that had been placed i'll the tunnel,
about % feet from its mouth. With the
i've mon, Mcdonald, Richards, Martin,
Williams and Byrncs, Foreman Jones
went over the dump to III the
task. In posses the men took down the
bulkhead. Mcdonald and Richards
then entered, Mcdonald leading.
Both had lights and had gone a few
feet beyond the bulkhead when their
lights began to show the presence Of gas
The deadly fumes became stronger ind
they prepared to retire in the darkness
At about this time the gas rushed upon
them in a thick cloud and Mcdonald
cried that he WAS gone. He iell 10 the
floor and Richards tried to drag him
ont. lie, too, was overcome, but before
falling cried for help.
The cry was heard on the outside and
Byrnes rushed in and dragged Rich,
ards to the open air, He went in again
to rescue Mcdonald but fell a victim &c
tho deadly fumes. Martin and Williams
took Byrnes and Mcdonald out but the
latter had lain too 'ng and was dead
when no was rescued.
The whole affair occupied bnt a few
minutes, bnt the fumes we're SO powerful
that no II could live in them any
length Of time. Richards life hung ON
a thread and il was only after II long
struggle that lac rcgaincd c~Unsciousuc IS
d Efforts OF all the rescue party, and
particularly those 81 Byrnes, are the
subject u universal commentator to.
day.
Jos. Mcdonald WINS - years Of age.
lie leaves a wife AMI child Ia mourn his
trapic death. His father IL Mt present
IN Costa Rica. Illus mother arrived from
San Francisco today. la addition he
leaves three brothers nnd two sisters.
lie was insured in the Mutual Life for
$4,000 on n policy only II few weeks old.
Mcdonald was the hero 81 Inst Thurs.
days fire. IL was he vino descended
into the SHIFT at great risk to himself.
and warned the miners Of the danger.
They reached the surface just in the
nick Oftimc. llc wusa great fHvoritc with
all Of his associatcs, II was only ycstcr.
dry that lac was promoted to the po-
Rition OF shift boss. Tho fuLcrnI will
take place at 10 O'Clock Saturday morn.
ing after u requrcm high mass NJ 81.
Mary's.- Virginia Chronicle.
Cnrs"n'a Carnival
Tho Carson papers publish nm Itcmiz
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PROCEEDINGS
or THE
Democratic County
Central Committee.

Pursuant to a call Of the Chairman Of
the Dcmoctatic Central Committee Of Elko
county, a meeting was held at EIko, at
$ o'elod' r. ~, Wednesday, July 20, 1901.
The meeting was called 10 order by John
Henderson, chairman.
On motion the following resolution was
adopted:
HCSo/'rd, That a primary election be
held on the 30th Day Of July, 1904, at the
places hereinafter mentioned between the
hours OF z and 8 +. ". Of said day for the
purpose Of eIccting fourteen delegates to the
Dcmocrhtic State Convention 70 be held
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Polling PIaCeS-InSpeCtcrS.
DISTRICT No. l.

Tuscarora-No. ! Hose House. Inspec-
tors: Ed McMahan, Z a p Johnson, 81 b
DuntOn.
White Rock-Frost's Store. Inspectors:
J l. Winters, ! II Pogle.
Mountain City-Plunkett's Store. In
spectors: VIM. Willis, James Martin,
James Butler.
MarIis - Refers Store. Inspectors:
Charles Graham, p r Prunty.
Jack Creek-School House. INSPECTORS:
Z 6 Hardesty, John Thompson, IT,,
CheS. woodward.
CoIumbia-Murphy & Smiths Board
ing House. Inspectors: " Burk, AStorff.
observation-disclosures Boarding House.
Inspectors: Y Z Hamlin, Joe Curry, Al.
Johnson.
DISTRICT No. ,.
Elko-Courtroom. Inspectors: n
Sherwood, J ID Abel, l. f Morgan.
CarIin - School House. inspectors:
George Mcintosh, James RutleJge, J A
IsOIa.
acknowledgements Store Inspectors:
Ed. Lytton, VIM. Datin, Frank Nc Der,
mott.
Halleck Station - Hotel. INSPECTORS:
II Mccain, George Butler. Walter Gilmore.
DISTRICT No. 3.
South Fork-I CT Hall. INSPECTORS:
A " GriswOld, W I Crane, James Burke.
Railroad-SchooI House. Inspectors: Jos.
Phillips, RE Skaggs, Sam Weller.
Mound Valley-POst Office. Inspectors:
I'D Carville, Charles Toyn, J. Reardon,
HuntingtOn-School House. Inspectors:
Max Arnhold, II II Porch.
DISTRICT No. 4
Starr ValIey-Mayer & McCall's Store.
Inspectors: Ben Armstrong, W r Mayer,
w w Weathers.
Fort ilalleok-School House INSPECTORS:
Is w WOOlvertOn, John McDermOtt, Pat
Sheridan.
North Ruby-Sdhool House. Inspectors:
Sam Bachman, W S Griswold, W J Wool.
vertOn.
Ruby Valley-wines' Store. Insect.
ors: John ROurt, Orcn Vaughan, John
ScObie.
CIoverdalc-School House. INSPECTORS:
John Phalan, Jr, Dick Stratton, 6 W
Kirkpatrick.
DISTRICT No. 5.
wells-GobIe's Store. Inspectors: A
W GobIe, james Curd, John Shelton.
Toano-Spencer's Store. Inspectors: f
NJ Johnson W r Probert.
Tccoma-flotcl. Inspectors: il D1v.
enrort, Fred Gleason, Fred Hoppe.
Clover Valley-Clovcr Valley Hall.
nCINpEInFgs A n tty.-. All. '
Ernest wood
Spruccmont-Boarding House. INSPECT.
9IS; WIN. Fordham, & n Spence, Robert
Contact - Reeds Boarding House. In.
Spect0rs: Al Cure, John Reed, 4
Dwight.
O'NeiIl-O'Nelr's. Inspectors: W n
''Iincf' W = HcIIeslcy, J r Newman
DISTRICT No. &.
North F~'ork-School House. Inspcctors
~ Holland, w l. Johnson, e. Il NuckoIs:
Island Mountain -IIardnan's Store, In.
S,psctoTS: N J fitzgerald, l. French, ii
J Keith.
WeiIand 80 weilanJ's. Inspcctors.
Alex wciIand, Robert Tucker, CG Winter.
Bryan-Joc Taylor's. INSPECTORS: Dan
.lin, loo Taylor, ID AguiIIar.
By order Of the Committee.
IOHN HENDERSON,
Chairman.
J. ~ SHERWOOD,
ScffctJry 1
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-10-01
How Old Is Ae7

How old is a boy on his twelfth
birthday? Twelve years old. of
course, you will answer; but pit on
your thinking cap, and see if you
don't find that answer wrong. We
know that it is the usual way of ex-
pressing it, as, for example, when we
say that man becomes of age on
his twenty-frst birthday, but it is just
as we'll to be right about these things,
and, as a matter of fact, a man be-
comes of age on his twenty-second
birthday.
A boy, therefore, is not twelve, but
eleven years old on his twelfth BIRTH
day. 1t is simply a matter of count
ing. His first birthday is the day he
is born; his second birthday is the
day he is one year old, and so on,
until, on his twelfth birthday he is
eleven years old, the age keeping one
year behind the number of the BIRTH
day.
It would be different if we used
the word ANNIVERSARY" instead of
birthday" for the first anniversary Of
the boys birth comes one year after
that event, the second anniversary
two years after, and so forth.
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A Cats REVENGE.

A gentleman who was very fond of
fishing, and who usually caught good
lot of fish, frequently promised his
next door neighbor to give him part
Of his catch, but never fulfilled the
promise. The cat of the next door
neighbor evidently overheard the
promise and thought the fisherman
ought to be made to keep his word,
for one day when the people of both
houses had gone out for a little while
she sneaked into the fisherman's
Eouse, took two fine large trout he
had just caught and laid them on the
kitchen table of her own mistress.
This lady returning and finding them
there, supposed that her neighbor had
a. last kept his promise, so she pro.
ceeded to clean and cook the fish for
the next meal, thanking him, when
sn, next saw him for his generosity.
The fisherman is now trying to find
some secret method of killing the cat.
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Has It's Troubles.


Inc most disconsolate fellow that
walks the beach is the hermit crab
whose shell has become too snug for
comfort. If it were his own, as the
clans, it would grow with his growth,
ana always be a perfect fit; but to
the hermit there comes often "mov-
ing day." when a new house must be
sought Discouraging work it is, too
Most OF the doors at which he knocks
are slammed in his face. A tweak
from larger pincer than his own
WILL often satisfy him that the shell
he considers "distinctly possible" and
hopefully ventures to explore, is
already occupied by near but coldly
unsympathetic relative.
Finding no empty shell of suitable
size, the hermit may be driven to ask
a brother hermit to vacate in his
favor. The proposition is spurned in
dignantly, and fight ensues. The bat
tie is the stronger. Often the at
lacking party has considerable trou-
BILE in cleaning out the shell, having
to pick his adversary out in bits. A
periwinkle or a whelk may be attack
ed in like manner by a hermit who
is hard pressed and has taken a fancy
to that particular shell. If the house.
FOLDER be feeble, the conquest is easy.
II lusty, he holds the fort.
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A WinqIess Bird.

Far away on the other side of the
world, in New Zealand, there is a
most curious species of bird, which
fas neither wings nor a tail. What
do you think of that? There are very
few OF these strange creatures left,
even on their native island, but their
cousins, the ki-wis, are still numerous
IN Australia. The ki-wi gets it's name
from it's peculiar cry, which sounds
like *'ki-wi, ki-wi."
The learned name of this bird is
apteryx 1t has feathers that resem-
lie coarse hairs, and has a long bill,
by which it secures it's food easily.
1t lives on insects and worms, which
it catches on the ground in it's night.
ly rambles, for this bird only goes
abroad at night and hides during the
day. In size it is about as large as a
goose, the feathers on it's head being
shor., but those on the body increas-
ing in length. Altogether, it is a
cueer-looking creature, and as it has
so little means of defending itself, it
falls an easy prey to larger and
stronger beasts.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-10-01
Currant Salad,

Here is a combination never tried
before, but we found it good, wanting
something different for lunch one hot
day. had slices of corned beef laid
on a bed Of lettuce; then we had in
ice chest currants that had been
washed and had sugar scattered over
them and had stood over night on ice.
put spoonfuls of these over the meat.
Served with my mayonnaise dressing,
it was very nice. Instead of currants,
beets cut into straws and slightly
picked would be real good. If the
mayonnaise gets a little thick it can
be thinned with vinegar.
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can leap from one to another and ride
on them like circus performers while
directing their course around a bend
or bad place in the river These
"loggers" make specially of stand
ing on a log and making it roll, first
forward, then backward, by leaning
one way or the other, and standing on
the log nearest the direction they
wish it to roll. They can even make
the log roll through the water like
a wheel or hoop rolling over the
ground.
Sometime when you are lin swim.
ming" or bathing find a good sized
log, put it in the water, and try to
stand on it. You will be surprised to
find how difficult it is to do this, and
the first time you try it the log will
probably roll over at once and dump
you in the water. But you will very
soon get the knack of it, and then
you will find that by standing with
your feet on one of the sloping sides
of the log you can make it turn in that
direction, and by moving your feet
just as fast as the log moves you can
not only keep your upright position,
but can make the log move through
the water. Try it.