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The San Francisco call., 1904-09-25
Want Moro and Better Schools.

1t profits nothing to trace the
causes of Southern white illiteracy.
The remedy for the evil is to be ap-
piled at once, regardless of how the
disease was contracted. The remedy
is more schools and better schools
and more teachers and better paid
teachers. A great educational revival
ought to be held in every Southern
State until the blight of Southern il
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-25
SHERIFF JAIIS MEXICANS
SUSPECTED OF MURDER
ImprisOns Two Men Accused of Caus-
ing Death of Southern Pacific
Brakeman

BAKERSFIELD, Sept 24-Two Mex
leans suspected of having murdered
Brakeman James Hemphill of the
Southern Pacific near Caliente on Wed
nesday night, have been lodged in Jail
here by Sheriff Kelly They have so
far declined to make any statement
as to their guilt or innocence.
IT is now thought that Hemphill at
tempted to prevent a crime and was
murdered to keep him from telling the
story. As a result of the murder most
of the trainmen are going out on their
runs armed.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-25
Railroad Fined for Throwing Eggs

Because certain railway employees
Joined with other unmannerly persons
in throwing bad eggs at an unpopular
political candidate, who was awaiting
a train at Shelby, n. c., the Superior
Court gave judgment for the plaintiff
against the railway company for $4,000
damages, and the Supreme Court Of
the State has just affirmed that de-
cision Strict justice would seem to
say that the individual egg throwers
should pay for their malodorous
amusement, instead of their imper-
sonal and innocent employer, but the
liabilities of railway companies are
many and peculiar.-Express Gazette.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-25
Runaway Youths Get Tired.

SAN JOSE, Sept. 24.-Three runaway
boys from San Francisco We're captured
at Madrone. They are Charles Mundegl
of 26 Circle avenue, Whitford Whiting
of 1876 West Mission street and Hugh
CaVanaugh of 131 Valencia street. The
lads range in age from IL to 13 years.
They left San Francisco on Wednesday
with the desire to see the world. After
getting as far as Salinas they decided
to return to their homes and were on
the way there when arrested.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-25

self on a truck, and drawing the lady
upon her lap tenderly stroked her hair
and exclaimed:
My God, my baby! Use so glad to
see you, honey"
To her the fine lady was only the
little girl, whom she had tenderly
nursed in sickness and in health and
on whom she had lavished all the love
of her simple heart.-Louisville Cou-
rier-Journal
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-25
FORTUNE SMILES UPON
WAITRESS IN THE SOIrTp
Young Woman Employed at San
Diego Hotel Inherits $15O,OOO
From Aunt

SAN DIEGO. Sept. 24-Katherine
O'Donnell, for several years a waitress
at the Hotel del Coronado, has fallen
heir to $4,000. She has gone East to
take possession of her inheritance.
Miss O'Donnell is the daughter of
John J. O'Donnell of New York City. 1t
is from his sister that the fortune has
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-25
DOMINION GOVERNMENT
SEXES AMERICAN SHIP
Takes Vessel and Two Large Scows OH
Ground That They Violated
Fishing Laws.

VANCOUVER, B. c., Sept. 24.-The
American steamer Alert Of Bellingham
and two scows, one of them loaded
with salmon, and $1,000 worth of nets.
were seized at Oyster Creek, Vancou-
yer Island, by the Ruth, Dominion
Government fisheries protection steam
er The authorities claim that the
American boat was poaching on fish
cries l25 miles from the American
boundary.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-25
PYrotechnicaI Birds.

In Nagasah, Japan, there is a fire.
works maker who manufactures pyro-
technic birds of great size that, when
exploded, sail in a life-like manner
through the air and perform many
movements exactly like those of liv-
ing birds. The secret of making these
wonderful things has been in the pos
session of the eldest child of the fam
lily each generation for more than four
hundred years.-N. Y. Globe.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-25
EASTERN LAWYER FOUND
DEAD IN RAILROAD YARDS
Mangled Remains of Indiana Attor-
ney Are Discovered Alongside
Tracks at BraStoW.

SAN BERNARDINO. Sept. "a = A
man supposed to be Attorney Anthony
r. Stookey of Warsaw, Indiana, was
killed in the railroad yards at Bar
stow early yesterday morning. The
mangled body was found lying along
side the tracks at daybreak.
Pinned in a coat pocket was a type
written paper certifying that Anthony
r. Stookey had been admitted to prac-
tice law in the Circuit Court at Kos
ciusko, Indiana, January "a, 1900.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-25
short History of a War

1t is said that prize was once Of
fered for the shortest history of the
causes and results of the Mexican
war. The winner produced the fol-
lowing treatise.
Chapter T.
Cause of the Mexican War,
Texas.
Chapter II
Reeults of the Mexican War
Texas.
New York World.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-25

Visitor (to particular friend. who has
had several new dresses laid on the bed
To choose frOm)-I do wish YOU would
tell me the name of the woman you
sell your things to. I've got lot OF old
gowns like these that I want to get nd
of.-Punch.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-25
suppIies Reach Port Arthpr,

TSINGTAU, Sept. .24.-Russians here
say that several supply ships have ar
rived at Port Arthur recently with
foodstuffs, ammunition and medicines.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-25

named Preussen. which made the "trip
from Germany to Iquique. Chile in
fifty-seve1 days. The Preussen is the
largest sailing vessel afloat.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-25
BURGLAR TURNS POET.

Douglas Jerrold used to tell the story
of friend of his, a lawyer, who came
down one morning to find his house
stripped of everything that was valu-
able and portable. To add insult to
injury, the burglar had left this fare
we'll message behind him:
A lawyers thief, so some folk say,
But oh! how wronged is hei
He steals his clients purse, tbs true,
But hands it on to me.
But all messages are not addressed
by any means to the master of the
house, for a certain lady, known to the
writer, not long ago received this hint
from a gentleman Of the jimmy:
Dear Madam hope next time
honor you with visit you will try to
persuade the old gentleman not to
snore SO loudly. I find his vocal efforts
very disturbing in the practice of my
profession
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-25
Great Sailing Record.

A new record for sailing vessels has
been established by the new Vesse
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-25

hteracy should be nothing but a MEM
ory.-Birmingham (Ala.) News.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-25
BITS OF WIT
OF BURGLARS
Some House Breakers Proved
Themselves Quite Good
Scholars When in Straits
ONE LEFT HIS CARD
And Afterward Took a Few
Mementoes of His Visit.
Tale of Poetic Marauder

1t is quite a mistake to imagine tnat
the burglar who has a weakness for
paying us surprise visits at unconven-
tional hours is necessarily the coarse
bullet-headed, low-type man so COM
monty pictured. He may be and o1ten
is a man of gentlemanly exterior ana
of education, who would seem much
more in his element in ones drawing
room than climbing through Kitchen
window.
That he can be polite, if satirical, has
been proved over and over again py
the messages he leaves behind for the
benefit of his unseen host many Oh
which are treasured at New Scotland
Yard.
1t is not long since one of these noe
turnal gentlemen, who had paid an uh-
expected call on a we'll known author,
left behind him this message on the
library table:
Dear Sir-It is a matter OF regret
with me that your taste in wines IS not
as good as your taste in books IL IL
had been l should have spent still
more delightful time under your hos
pitable roof.
The writer of this message, who was
arrested a few weeks later, proved TO
be a university graduate, who, IN his
honest days, had himself written more
than one promising volume.
LEAVES VISITING CARD.
Another gentlemanly burglar, who
had apparently spent an agreeable
hour in a certain house in a West End
square, left a visiting card behind with
the letters "P. P. c." penciled in the
corner, and on the back were these
lines:
1 am sorry not to have had the pleas
ure of saying good-by in person. AS
some little compensation for my disap-
pointment 1 am venturing to take a
few mementoes of my too brief stay in
your home.
A burglar who paid a recent visit TO
the house of a Yorkshire Squire was
evidently none too pleased with the
fare that had been unconsciously pro-
vided for him, for before retiring he
penned this note:
Dear Sir-One good turn deserves an
other Take my tip and-change your
cook. Yours faithfully,
ALGERNON FITSIMMONS SKIES.
But all burglars are by no means
courteous to their hosts, as certain
gentleman in the Midlands can testi-
fly. This gentleman, who is a doctor,
had unfortunately provided nothing
for his unlimited guest but a soli-
tary bottle of inferior claret- In the
morning this bottle was found among
his drugs with a label attached, on
which was this message:
Dear Sir-As this bottle had evidently
strayed from your surgery 1 have re-
placed it. Give it to your patients and
it'll make your fortune. In a mistaken
moment 1 drank tablespoonful. 1 am
now going to arrange with an under
taker
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-12-23
FHDM WEDNESDAYS DAILA
Salmagundi

Tbs is the ahortcs, dlny II the year.
G,ad tu 4or Charlry HfnFarmer ON the
s,rcr,g lpdny.
'"'E' h'""'''''' ~ "'"'''n"c'" II
9"f'r'"''n''"' '''''S P'""'' 90
passed east MS AFTERNOON
George MrKrighi came down from
beaver !''''''"! ""' '''"'" """''
Chriatmua, tn, haupicEt Iag 81 all the
year. will SOON lac here. Max" sninc II
mnppy on ,ha; day.
Quite u number II University stu
dca'a urrryr / Tins morning tn apcud the
hulil lay with their p,rrntn.
t.. r,,,.u Lao,
,i.h. ,,,, ro,,r,od an n, 2 tcJov. flo
reports I!at town growing rnpidly.
,,;oo,.
..u..,;n.u a.. .r,-o,r;,,h,,
-. ,.an, n,,a wiu ohrw = DAFT.
~ 81. nrn
49, n, ,,,,.io,o, ~ ,ho
oaa,inuI Itn,nl - Ram vii, odd ,yo
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-12-23
GOTrrnrn nnt fakes Tins.

Al last he government has stepped
in and taken II hIna in the matter OF
abolishmg the he'll holes that have ex-
lsted along The government canals III
the eastern portion of Washoe county
t"T the past year or more. Last Sat-
urlny the Oriers came and now the
keepers OF the deadly hell holes around
Derby and uRZen rs well, have thirty
days within which to pack up and re-.
povo their properly. from government
ground.
This affects Buck nan & Warren, as
well as other government contractors
tnd saloon keepers in that section OF the
State.
For more than a year buchanan ct al,
hnvc been conducting rum bouscs in
competition with the other saloon keep
crs along the ditch. This abolishment
will ho welcomed 10y all law respecting
citizens III ne State, say those who have
noted the reign Of murder and robbery
N those infected sections. BY doing
away with them say lnw-Lbiding citi.
zcne, The government hrs stamped out
dens OF murder and almost every sort OF
cri IL on the cRlcndar.-Journal.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-12-23
Thr Old Breyfoylr,

The Tonopah Sun gives credit tu the
story that tho lost Breytogle mine has
really been found. The anuoun cement
brings forth the following story Of the
lost mine:
The history Of the BreYfcgle mine is
all vivid IN the minds Of Nevada pros.
peciors and has become II part VI The
history of the state itself.
Many years ago when Nevada and her
mines were the wonder OF the world,
B~r2yrolgc started ont, from Austin, the
seat OF Linder county, IN n prospecting
Our. lie worked southwark md when
about sixty miles south Of Belmont, in
what is now believed to be the Tonopat.
Toidtieid district, his pack mules un-
covered a ledge so rich in gold that he
could hardly believe it his own discov-
cry.
With feverisb zeal he opened up the
property II with his crude means took
II as much ore US he could load on his
muIee, and MS his food had gwen out, he
started back to Austin, after making the
locaii"u Of ;he great ledge by means of
two sand bills and other geographical
formations. tie pushed hastily back to
Austin and when he sho vel his ore the
place went wild with excitement, ms it
ran INTO tue thousands and parts TT it
INTO the hundred of thousands.
There was an immediate rush to the
place ahd in about two weeks B~reyfogle
at tho head Of Il party, started to the dis.
tTict TO work the mine on a large scale.
lie Travelled until he came To what he
believed was the location Of the ledge,
hut 10 his advertisement he found that a
heavy storm had 80 changed the surface
OF the sandy formation that he could no
longer identify the territory.
The " eand hills had been Ieveled
and all trace Of his workings were gone.
tor days the party remained in the hills
but finally was driven back to Austin in
despair. For years the colder ledge was
sought by ~prospectors and several per-
ishcd on tie desert in searching for il.
Virginia Chronicle.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-12-23

Tho preliminary examination %, Bert
iiolr. b. +. Pickering aud Jas. Weston
Saturday night ON the chnr.e o, dispos-
my of liquor 10 Indians resulted in the
discharge "f Holm. us tie evidence
showed that the won. mgn had been
arrested. The "'ic. Ivu waiYe! cramiI-
alton md wore he'll TO appear before
the U. S. grand jury.
Sheriff Clark ro'uracd ~ NJ. 3 this
afternoon with Lester black we'll. une OF
the men via" 1t lie Mr.. Guirii.c'5 team
on thanksgiving night. Black well auC
jackson wee bo'h arrested Mt Fish
Sprugs, Utah. Fri lay. hIt Jackson cs-
capped from tie man who undertook to
deliver them " Sheriff Clark. They
hal tive stolen horses in their possession
when arrested. Tho IXuEpESpExr con-
graduates Sheriff Clark on landing
blackwell III jail and hopes lie will yet
get Jackson t" keep him comuugy.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-12-23
FROM FRIDAYS DAILY


Smoke the -Gusto' cigar manufac-
turcd in Elio.
Headquarters for holiday goods at
Englcr's.
Mrs. X. c. Woods departed for LIS
Angeles last night.
". ). Clay ton and his mother we're in
from South Fork today.
DIR. J.. K. Ely and Miss Bcssin Wei
land returned from the East today on
No. >.
Miss Eliza Overmau returned from
Reno last Night to sp>nd the holi lay
vacation with her parents.
W. r. Johnson started for NJ puntaiu
City to-day with his ten. horse team
loaded with frcigh, for TINT camp.
Take II peep into the windows a.! Hun
tee Cpmpgn! a.stOrc and sec the good tn
nga displayed there. They make ones
mouth water.
Prizes for the best sustained lady and
gentleman character at the mosque bah
are no" on exhibition in l.. J. Winter
mantcl Co.'S. window.
Just to make Ham McCuin's weather
prediction look like thirty cents, tho
weather clerk covered the round with
m rnch OF snow last night.
Ghrrirs Miller. mn amateur forgcr,
tried go cash ~FcvcTul Of hia bogus
checks in Reno HE other lay. IIc is
now in the hands oi the police.
\ medical authority says TINT in
railway collisions, the passengers who
are asleep escape the bad effect of II
shaking aud conclusion.
III" United States has granted $500
p]ntcntR to women, but ia got there is no
device for Keeping II hat on straight
Milwaukee Sentinel.
Eli'or Smnil, since his election Co tho
Assembly. il bcsicgcd with postal offers
Of marriage. 1t all comes rrOm being
written up ns nh editor who sports ten
dollar rnntn.-carson Appeal,
DO not fail to attend the Sunday
School Christmaa cvrrcisCs at the Prca.
bylcriHn Church tnmurrCw SATURDAY!
evening ut six o%'cioct. Tho children
have prepared u very good program.
For rent about january lot the
rooms nos occupied 10y The Elk" DRUG
Co., fitted mp with counter, shelving,
showcases, etc. suitubIc for u morcan-
tile busincEH. For furlhcr particulars
apply to G. l.. Mayer.
tn" greatest fugnr pine forcot IN the
J world 10 Ahni " the upper Rogue. South.
crn Oregon. II ia embraced by the gjC
square mil"a Of tho upper Rogue Ro.
serve, and %plioius tho Crater Lake For.
cat I;cscryc, maHinV rrnchcally me vast
Park Reserve ~ 30 ,qunTo milrs, Ii.
vihrd tuiu dCrIrirta mud each district
pu!rollcd during the eummor scas,n by
UUcIo SaH'H vigilnut uugcra whose
duty It is Ia Keep d1wn Urea and pro.
tcct the trees.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-12-23

1t is reported TIM. early ncxt month
the Southern Pacific company will put
ON II new mail train, 10 run between San
FraEcIsc" md Chicago With a schedule
OF tifty-two miles an hour.
The funeral OF the la,c jacob Nelson
will take place from the family residence
at 1880 O'Clock tomorrow forenoon.
Friends and acquaintance are respect.
fully requested TO attend.
4 stranger did up the Reno faro bnnss
III great shape the other day. lie did
not bet except on tue last turn and never
failed to hit il. lIc was finally barred
from the games and left Reno for the
east with his pockets full OF grceubackF.
Ham McCain's prediction of a Screen
Christmas" bids fair To be fulfilled. lie
has been Knocked out So many times by
the weather clerk that his prediction =
have been discounted IN advance for a
long time. IL he makes good this time,
people will place more faith III his
weather talk hereafter.
john lluDtcr slipped up To Rev. Green
fields residence lns; night and stuck his
head through the matrimonial moose.
The plIson tied the knot tight uud
John Will travel through life with Il
partner by his side. The groom il ii
splendid young man nnd tl!r tridc is
worthy OF him. May they live I..g aud
carry out the teachings Of parG.dcni
Roosevelt on The race suicide questlyr
John II. Bray, on" ~ III" rrECniE OF
the University, is a CaIIi Ito for src-c.
tary 81 the state senate Ea term us
regent expires uu the first Monday IN
january. He La, lone good service us
regent aud will serye he senate faith
fully if elected secretary. There is no
better qualified mau in inc It Ne for
TINT position than Mr.. Bray. Tho writ.
er hopes h" will and the p w..
The Nevada Hotel at Wudswor.h
closed it doors Tuscday night and this
III only on" OF the siEus Of de5trtIon to
be seen III that once rrn-peruus iCwr.
Where there were a number of sture.
doing business "a les months ago. there
are only two nov. John Lee and f..
Griswold, vino settled III Wad=worth
when the town WIS nothing but 4 cross.
ing on the rrucSrc still remain 20 sell
the few r"ma,utmg residents the ueces-
sarios 81 life.
When 4 Chiuamnn wants Il tooth
drawn ne feel: no nervous a~ppreheu-
ions Of pam for the excellent reason
that he Knows the dentist will not Ill.
tiict my. The latter simply rubs q puH-
der u"cT the aching tooth. After about
five minute the patient sncczrs and the
tooth falls ont. Many attempts have
been made by Europeans to obtain the
recipe Tor this mysterious powder, but
no one has yet succccded.-Ex.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-12-23
.AimIoy and SON Robbed.

Sometime between half past six aud
eight u'cock last night "a store on the
Plaza owned hy II firm known ss Ainlcy
X son wUs entered ana cutlery to the
value "f atont Sll0 WAS stolen. The
crime whz discover Cal by Il man named
Uu"ard, who works and sleeps III the
store. He immediately reported it to
the police. OTHERS Conla and Elder re.
Epouded, but the .hief or thieves had
made good their escape and left no clue
behind ,hrm.
The store wa3 formerly used rs IL
stable and has ii wide entrance lead
my to a cellar from the rear. The
chine was committed by some one ap
rarrntly acquainted with the premises
or Who had studied the conditions.
Ouce III the cellar it was an casy mat.
ter 10 get into the room above and
from the" work yas carried on with
out fear of detection except from a
person who would enter.
Their" Was ~ money IN the place and
the only articles disturbed were the
knives aud rG2Drs.-Hrnn journal.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-12-23
FROM MONDAYS DAILY
Salmagundi.

Joe Carroll returned from Fall"n
SUNDAY mronmg.
Tho nights aud moru,nGa ARE quite
c"Id but tho days ar" lovely.
III" grip ia GIVING n number Of
81 Elko pcopi" Il run Tor their live.
Tho rai.rond comrau, has mndc r.
durcd tatcT fur tho National Live.
"ln'k Association mud convention ~
wool gtoNcm 500 nolit" clHcwl:c.. .
Edward Christorhcrapu wns found
lying near tho depot ia Tunopah lnst
sun Iny morning IN M unconscious ~.
di'io'. There wa9 n gnsb III his scalp
@"vcrnl inches long.
MIR. Hay received u inc pnf" aud NJ
To date desk this morning. tic told
'ho reporter that be- would put hip
tnoncy hereafter whore II wGu'd not
bc 80 casy Tor burglars TO get il.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-12-23
Hunte

y very pretty wedding took place at
the Presbyterian mnuso last night nj
$3.50 "hcn Miss Viola T.. ~lIcaulieu OF
San jose, California. became the bride
nf Mr.. John Hunter. Those present
wore, Mr., William Hunter, the father
u the groom, Mr.. Geo. banks and Mr..
aud Mrs. Mcknight. Tho impressive
ring ceremony Of the Presbyterian
church wac used, Row. Geo. II. Grcon.
geld officiating. Mr.. Hunter wns born
and raiscd in Eiko county where no
has many friends. Tho bride II n very
populnr Young lady Of San jose ard
has made several visits to E!ko frieuds
IN the ra5t two years. The ISpErgv-
Dent congratulntcs them and wishce
them n long lie OF Joy and happiness
together.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-12-23
No Moro unu,ur,

n yus are troublod with indigo 'tion get
a bottle Of Kodpl Dyppou.ia Cure umd
Sc" ho~ quickly 1t will cure Yuu Geo.
\. Thompson, Of spencer, It,, aayr; At
have had Dyspepsia for twenty ycars.
My casa wi,s almost hopeless. Kodui
Dyspepsia Cure Wa recommended aud
| used u few buiiIcR ~ il uud il IL tho
only thing that hus relieved me. Wonll
not he without il. Have dOctornd
with local physicians and nl,o AT Chicg.
60, and even went tu Norway with
hope II getting potro relief, but Krdul
Dyoucpsiu euro l., 'bc only rcmcly that
hna homo me- my good. and | heartily
recommend it. Every person eurerins
with indigestion or dyForpsia should
use IT," Sold 10y Elko Drug 60.