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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-09-15

Tho idea that gold varies somewhat
in color, according to the locality in
which it is found. l. widely prevalent
even among mmcr. and money changers
and handlers IN ia" gold p]rriuring
distTicts. but such notion ~. uu the
authority of experts ut the Philadelphia
mint, wholly c~rruncrus, says the
P%nladclphia Record. puro gold that
IN, of on %unvarying, mchangrug cUlnr.
Few people. however, SEQ sch gulI.
MI the gold Of commerce, used either NJ
money ar for j'wrIry, ha4 alloy IN IT
aftcr IT naH been manufactured into
the desired article. Even the nugget
Ut gold, which Is 'umCtimc4 quite pure,
IL covered with dirt and stains un the
outside that conceal il" true color nud
all gold dust which ia melted at the
plac" 81 mining r"uiuius Impurities
which go into the tar. Tunl IL the
reason why Mexican gold. Tor ~ ,inurr.
has Il r,dd"r tIngc than liza: ~ Culi-
f0ruir. and tic ""im" IL IIun wh,thCr il
bc u piece ~ money or wClri. Ihu
red ting" ia eau 'r.j b. the rrorcucr y
copper, aud the pIl"r tiurr by SILVER,
and IN ~" min'- 81 different cnurirrrg
The Amount Htd kiud ~ mliuy uarI
ditI"I sufficiently iU Give the different
tIntF 10 the money.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-09-15

Southwest Of Yuma. in California, the
waters q! the Colorado river have broken
the banks and have converted the
SIlton desert into Il sen 10 miles vi le
ID miles long aud II feet deep. The
Southern Pacific has scrambled to
higher groIni with its track, the New
Liverpool Salt Works have been washed
oil the map and whales spout now where
only land sharks could be found two
months ago. The hot climate of hat
country has become humid md re-
sembles Il Turkish bath every day. Los
Angeles and surrounding climates have
a'so been changed by evaporation from
this ucw inland sea.
An Imperial irrigation company coE.
ccived the brilliant idea II tapping the
Colorado river bcioH Yuma for water
I" redeem the desert. The waters
worked while the company slept, and
the hole III tie bank has become tie bed
az the river. and the oil river bed IA lawu
"uuls ground. The entire Colorado
rlTer Is punrtug over the Imperial and
ut"n country, and iLc inhabitants have
water whici. they w"uId like To give
away. Farms haS- tvru converted into
fish ponds, and the editor OF the Sub
marine newspaper at Saltou uses Il
Giving costume to get out his news.
paper. 80 feet below sea level and
covered by twenty feet OF water. 1t is
the first tIiur the editor has taken water
for year, aud 1t Is not his faul, this
time Brs Ne-ar Age.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-09-15
A Laxative Cough Syrup,

y cold or cough nearly Away produces
constellation the wafer all runs Ia the
Dyes. nose and thrcR: ....i,uR uf ra.2.tuc
ont al the system tIr.uLE tic liver and
Kidneys. For the "Hut 81 moisture" the
t-Mcl4 Drcum" dry and hard Kcnncuy' =
Laxative Honey and Tar IS th" original
Laxative COugh Syrup. II meets and
CorrcCts the above rouii1uus by a"img
NJ u pleasant c%uthartir um the bowels
"Xpcl- all colds from tn slssom and cures
all coughs, GROUP. w~ho"pmg cough. La
Grippe, bronchitis etc Sold by Elku
Drug Co.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-09-15

Marx Twain tells the following story
about "A couple of Californian miners:
Two miners uSci To Ga to the neigh
boring village i'll the afternoon and re-.
turn every night with supplies. Part
OF the distance they iravcrsed a trail,
and nearly always sat down to res, on A
hig boulder thai lay beside the path.
In the purse Of thirteen years they had
MORN ihnt bDul Ter smooth sitting on 1t
~BE'and-by tSo vaGrant Mcxicaus amt
along and occupied the seat. and t.
d muse the nsclvcs began chipping Il ike
from the boulder with "A slctge hammer
They exam ned one Of tine flakes and
i'uud it rich with gold. Tia, bnu!Gcr
All them $500 uftcrwar l.. But the
a-;gravAtng circumstance WAS that thes a.
ArXican- knew there must hc more.
gold where that boulder came from, and
80 went PaunInr up the hill, and found
what was probably the richest pocket
tina; rrAion has yet produced. 1t took
) months to exhaust it, and it yielded
si2D.tOl. The two American miners
VINO used 10 SIT on the boulder are Door
yet and they TAX" turns about in get.
I ng up III the morning to -cuss" these
NcXicau-.-
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-09-15

y q DAWL.EG, Clerk.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-09-15

Mo'hcrs. bc careful 81 The hoalil - your
children. l0oi; on f"r r"nghs. rnlfa,
coup and who, ping rough. stop 'h,m in
tine Que Minute Cuugh Cur" ir tho bral
comedy. Iurml,rp md rlcngdrl. Contain
no opintoa. Soil hy EI;n Drug e..
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-09-15

We hereby extend our sincere ihnnltu
10 al who go kindly maHi''c1 no during
tho iIln"sa, death and hnrinI of our
beloved husband md father.
Tho memory ~ yorr kindness will
remains with ia alwayp.
Respectfully You're.
MWS SAN JONrq N%D FAMILY.
Elto, Nevada, September .. 1900.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-17
SIXTY-SIX NEW CASES
 OF FEVER YESTERDAY
DEATHS FROM THE SCOURGE, HOWEVER, ONLY
 FOUR.

This Taken as Indication That Disease
 is Not So Malignant as First Supposed
 Citizens Fined for Not Screening
 Their Cisterns-COurt Will Not Ae-
 eept Any Excuses fin Such a Crisis
 Eighty-five Others to be Brought De- fore the Court.
 New Orleans, Aug. 16-Following is the official record up to o'clock this evening on the yellow fever situation; New cases to-day. 66; total cases to date, 1,146; deaths to-day, 4; total deaths to date, 176; new disease centers to-day, 19; total disease centers to date, PAS; casss under treatment, 414.
 No material change in the situation is looked for in the immediate future. The small number of deaths indicates the type of the disease is not as malig- nant as first supposed. The death rate lis about Il per cent.
 There are no prominent people among the new cases, but the majority of them are among the people of comfortable circumstances. Only six of the new disease centers are above Canal street. The fact that daily deaths have not increased, considered with the disap- pearanCe of centers and the gradual perfection of the system under which federal officers are battling to prevent multiplication of infected squares, to- day induced Dr. White to say that the | outlook was hopeful. In 1878 at this time deaths were occurring at the rate of from twenty to forty a day, with a much smaller population. Fatal eases | this year have run from four to six days, and considerable increase in the
 daily death list was to be expected yes- terday and to-day from the 105 new l cases reported on Saturday and from the high figures of several days imrne- I diately preceding. The fact that a marked increase of deaths has not re- suited is taken to indicate that many of the cases reported were malaria or l light attacks of yellow fever, or that many of the yellow fever cases have responded to treatment. Several prom 1 inent citizens who failed to screen cis- terms came up for trial to-day before Recorder Fogarty. The defendants made what would ordinarily be taken as good excuses, but Judge Fogarty said that in a crisis ike this no excuses would be accepted in his court The
 court fined the accused $25 or thirty days Imprisonment each. About eighty five citizens are to answer similar charges tomorrow. .,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-17
FEDERAL SUPERVISION
 OF LIFE INSURANCE
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT HOLDS ANIMPORTANT CONFERENCE
 OYSTER BAY.

Senator Dryden, of New Jersey, PFesi-
 deny Of the Prudential, and James M.
 Beck, Special Counsel for the Mutual
 Life, Reconsideration FayOrs Fed
 eraI Control if it Can Re Brought
 About titutiOnaIIy-SenatOr Dry
 den Also in Favor and Has Also In-
 trOduced Bill Having This In View.
 Oyster Bay, N. Y, Aug. 16.-Federal supervision of insurance was the sub- ject of a conference at Sagamore Hill this afternoon, so important, that one of the participants, James M. Beck, formerly an assistant attorney general of the United States and now special counsel of the Mutual Life Insurance company of New York, missing the reg ular train from Long Island City to Oyster Bay, chartered special train from the Long Island Railroad com- pany in order to meet his engagement with the president.
 The president for considerable time, but especially since the disclosures made during the past two months re- garding the operations of the Equitable Life Assurance society has manifested deep interest in the problem of na- tional control of the insurance business. In his message to congress last De- cember President Roosevelt said: "The business of insurance vitally affects the great mass of the people of the United States and is national, not local, in it's application. It involves a multitude of transactions among the people of the different states and between American companies and foreign governments. urge that congress carefully consider whether the power of the bureau Of corporations cannot constitutionally be extended to cover interstate transac- tions in insurance, .@,..-, .s5:,g !. Several months ago at the president s request the subject of national super visory control of insurance was inves- tigated by Commissioner Garfield of the bureau of corporations, and the conclu- sion was reached that under existing federal laws, the insurance business could not be supervised by the bureau of corporations because in the light of the constitution and in view of certain l decisions of the federal courts it was | not regarded as interstate. Senator Dryden, who is recognized as Ian authority, introduced a bill includ- ing brief for supervision by the state l insurance business by the bureau of corporations. a,F- * it..
 It was along the line of this measure that the conference to-day proceeded. The president is known to be in favor of federal control of the insurance busi- ness, if it can De brought about con additionally. Whether it can be is the point yet to be determined ...,..
 That the supreme court of the United States eventually will b ecalled upon to settle the question there is littl doubt At the conclusion of the conference Senator Dryden talked frankly: ,. -.- I
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-17
JAPs WOULD HAVE WITHDRAWN
If Russians Had Reflected Absolutely
 Indemnity and SaIxhaIin.

If Russians Had Rejected ~ADsOlutety
 Indemnity and SaIxhaIin.
 Tokio, Aug, 16.-The Nichi Nichi to- morrow will say: ''The continuance of the conference is indicative of g. hope full prospect for the conclusion of peace.'
 The paper declares that if the Rus- sians had rejected absolutely the ques- tions of reimbursement and the cession of Sakhalin island, the Japanese would have withdrawn from the conference. These demands are equally important, as the Korean and Manchurian ques- tions. Japan's victories have been real ized by the vast sacrifice of money and blood without the prospect of Russia s compliance in the payment of war ex- penditures, and the transfer of Sakha- lin island. There is no reason why the conference should not be continued.
 The Nichi Nichi expresses the belief that the Russian delegates divulged the nature of the Japanese demands and suggests that the Japanese delegates abandon the plan of secrecy and keep their people informed as to the progress of the conference.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-17
TO QUIT STATE DEPARTMENT
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRANCIS
 B. LOOMS TO RESIGN

Expects to be Given Diplomatic Post
 Abroad-WiII be Succeeded by Col.
 William c. Sanger-Latter Assistant Secretary of War Under Root, Who
 Has Chosen Him Again for Ills Chief
 lieutenant. H \.
 Springfield, O., Aug. 16.-Francis B. Loomis. assistant secretary of state. when shown the dispatch to-day from Lenox, Mass, that Col. w. c. Sanger was to be made assistant secretary of state when MT. Root assumes the port folio. TX
 MT. Loonlis made a statement. in which he for the first time indicates his intention to resign from the state department, He also said that upon leaving his present position he expects to be given diplomatic post, and that at present he has no idea to what coun- try he will be assigned. His statement Is as follows:
 T know little or nothing of a def mite nature concerning the report that Col. Wm. Cary Sanger is. to be select ed by Secretary Root to. succeed me when I resign to go abroad as I hope to do. do know Colonel Sanger. He is an excellent man, and was a very effi- cient assistant secretary of war under MT. Root, whose valued personal friend of long standing he is. Their relations are of an intimate character, and ] should think Colonel Sanger the type of man Mir. Root would most desire for his chief lieutenant in important official work requiring the peculiar close confidential relations between principal and subordinate which the careful ad. ministration of foreign affairs renders necessary"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-17
ROGUE TOURNAMENT.
Progress in the Play at Norwich Yes-
 terday. sJ,% 54

" Norwich, Aug. 16.--Despite the oc- casional showers to-day much progress was made in the tournament of the National Roque association in this city, especially during the afternoon and evening. Much surprise was caused early in the day by the defeat of c. s. Cox of Maiden, Mass, the present champion by William Hogeland of Phil- adelphia.
 Mr. Cox's first game in d national tournament two years ago, he was de- feated. The afternoon scores resulted as fol- lows: s,Gl-. " ;. First division. 's | Baker beat Dickey, Drake beat Ja- cobus Rogeland beat Vease, Cox beat Jacobus, Hoge1and beat Drake Jacobus beat Baker, Whaley beat Veasey. Yea sey beat Drake. Second division
 E. w. Robinson beat J. D. Webb Davenport beat w. L. Robinson, Clarl, beat Brown, Thompson eat Graves Clark beat W. L. Robinson.
 Third division ". . ... @.l Pyle beat Smith, Pyle beat Kirk. Dudley beat Cowles. Caruthers beat Johnson. Kirk beat Dudley, Pyle beat CoWles. >E ss-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-17
HEARD CALL FROM GRAVE
BRIDGEPORT GIRLS RELIEVE COMPANION BURIED ALIVE.

Go to Her Grave to Leave Flowers and
 Declare They Heard Her Calling to
 Them-Five Hundred Persons Gather
 at Cemetery and Great Excitement
 PrevniIs-Body May be Disinterred
 To-day
 Bridgeport, Aug. 16.--A portion of the Hungarian population of this city be- came greatly excited this afternoon, when the report spread through the east side that Annie Bedner, Hunga- rian servant girl, who was asphyxiated Sunday and buried in St. Augustin cemetery yesterday, was really alive. Several friends of the girl went to the grave this afternoon for the purpose of decorating it with flowers and left it in a great state of excitement, claiming that they had heard Annie calling from the grave in her native tongue, They claim that she was screaming and was alive.
 Rushing to the undertaken who had charge of the burial, they told him what they believed they heard and then proceeded to make it known throughout the east side. Upward of five hundred persons gathered at the cemetery and for while there was great excitement. The undertaken said that if permission was given him he would disinter the body tomorrow morning, although he says he embalmed it soon after death.
 Miss Bedner was seventeen years old and was employed at the home of Au- gustus Herthal, 22S Bunnell street. When she went to bed Saturday night she blew out the gas and her dead body was found the next day. She had been in this country but short time.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-17
FLAT REFUSAL.
Answer of the Consolidated Railway Co.
 to Its Trolleymen. +

Answer of the Consolidated Railway Co.
 to Its TrolIeymen. + The announcement was made at a meeting of the Trolleymen's union early this morning that the Consolidated road had flatly refused the demands of the men for twenty-five cents an hour and fifty cents an hour for overtime.
 The same committee was instructed to confer with the officers of the road again. This time it has the additional power of being able to sign tive-year agreement with the company.
 The men also voted to ask the inter- national association to send an officer to this city to act as a guide to the men in this affair.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-17
OPERATOR AT MENTOR
 IS HELD RESPONSIBLE
CORoNER'S VERDICT ON WRECK or TWENTIETH CENTURY
 LIMITED.

No Testimony Whatever to Show That Anyone but heOperator, Who Was
 in Charge of the station tic Night of
 the Wreck, Was in the Vicinity
 Whether He Opened the Switch of
 His own volition or by orders the
 Coroner Is Unprepared to Say. 4a
 Cleveland, Aug. 16.-Coroner sigel- stein, of this country, to-day rendered verdict in connection with the wreck ing of the Twentieth Century limited on the Lake Shore railroad at Mentor, O, on the night of June q in which nine teen lives were lost. The coroner holds that. Walter F. Minor, the telegraph op- orator at Mentor, opened the switch which caused the accident. .a F. ..2 E
 The coroner states that the Lake Shore officials greatly facilitated his investigations by willingly cooperating with him. ..
 The verdict in part follows: <
 "In the 800 folios of typewritten testi- inony taken at my inquest there ap- pears not one word tending to show the presence of anyone but Minor, who was in charge of the station that night, in the immediate vicinity of the depot or the switch immediately preceding the wreck or afterwards.
 Hence can only come to the con- clusion, which is reinforced by other points of the evidence, that Walter F, skof, k,,k AInsA, he did so of his own volition or by tele- graphic orders of a superior officer I am not prepared to say"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-17
WHOLESALE DISSIPATION.
Fifty Privates Leave Fort Smelling
 object to Manual Labor.

St. Paul, Minn.. Aug. 16.-A wholesale desertion of privates from the army post at Fort Smelling was reporud at army headquarters here to-day, when it was announced that about fifty pri- yates left the post without permission The cause of the desertion is said to have been a disinclination of the men to do manual labor. The desertion Oc- cured about August when the men were paid.
 The government recently purchased a large tract of land to extend the rifle range at the post and instead of hir- ing common laberors to do the work impressed the privates to do the level ing and grading. The work placed be- fore the men and the hot weather, it is said. caused the patriotic spirit to wilt, and they deserted. None has been apprehended.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-17
< CAVALRY ASSOCIATION.
Meeting of state Society ana Infection
 of Oficers.

K Norwich, Aug. 16.The Connecticut Cavalry association met here to-day for the 18th annual reunion. Mayor Thay- CT of this city, who was a guest of the association at dinner delivered brief address and there were remarks also by many comrades.
 At the business meeting, a roll of fortyeight names of members deceased since the last reunion was read. It was voted to have the next reunion in Hart- ford. Officers were elected as follows:
 President, Levi w. Smith. Hartford; ]; vice presidents, Edward H. Boswortts Hartford; R. H. Thompson, MancFess ter, Conn; Samuel E. Hurlburt, Man. chester, Conn; secretary and treasur. CT, George $. Smith, Lyme,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-17
NO MORE RECIPROCITY; l DUAL TARIFF THE CRY
SLOGAN THAT IT'LL IS ALL PROBABILITY RING OUT
 FOR TEARS.

National Reciprocity Conference to
 Drop the old sIOgan-New One Means
 the Passage of Maximum and aIini-
 mum Tariff Law-The Word "Reci-
 procity" Condemned as Meaning Free
 Trade-statement Greeted With Ap-
 plause by the Delegates.
 Chicago; Aug. 16.-''Dual tariff'' in all probability is the war cry that will ring through the United States for some years to come instead of the familiar call for reciprocity
 The new slogan means the passage of a maximum and minimum tariff law, permitting the establishment of reel procity trade relations with friendly foreign countries by a vote of congress.
 Alvin H. Sanders, chairman of ths executive committee of the national reciprocity conference, which opened it's two days session at the Illinois theater to-day, is credited with origin ating the war cry. Mir. Sanders broach- ed his suggestion to few friends after the word reciprocity had received some rough handling on the floor of the con vention, and 1t met with approval among the delegates.
 It is considered now probable that the reciprocity conference will close it's sessions by resolving itself into the Dual Tariff league, an organization to have permanent form for the purpose of educating legislators and voters in the principles of the high and ow'' sys- tenn of duties.
 T condemn the word reciprocity, said L E. Lincoln of the Buffalo Live Stock association, who addressed the conference to-day. In the minds of many voters reciprocity means noth- ing else than free trade, and free trade is not the object for which this con ference is called"
 This statement elicited a round of hearty applause, which broke forth anew when James E. Parker, chair man of the New York Produce Ex- change delegation, made similar dec- laration, MT. Lincoln suggested as al title for the organization about to be formed, the High and Low Tariff league. He believed an organization with branches in every state could eff Ifectiyely accomplish it's purpose. Both Lincoln and Parker asserted that rec liprocity had outlived its usefulness, and must go. I Other suggestions for title were tariff elasticity" ]" moderation or al. teration." But none of them appeared to meet the favor of the men who heard them.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-17
(continued on Eighth Page')
TONER TO ETHAN ALLEN
Granite shaft Erected--Vice President
 Fairbanks Speaks.

Burlington, Vt, Aug. 16.-A massive battlemented tower of Vermont gran ite, erected in memory of Vermont's Revolution patriot, Ethan Allen, on the farm where he spent much of his life' was dedicated in this city to-day. The orator of the day was Charles w. Fair banks, president of the United States Thousands of visitors from. all over the state rendered the vice-presi" dent a great ovation when he arose to speak. President Roosevelt was repre- scented by Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock, great-grand- son of the Vermont hero, and among those who participated in the exercises were Governor Charles. J. Bell, of Yer mont; Governor John McLane, of New Hampshire, and Congressmen D. J. Foster and Kittredge Haskins, of Yer mont. The guests were escorted over the three-mile trip from the city hall to the tower by the entire state national guard and several bodies of regular troops from Fort Ethan Allen. To-day was chosen for the dedicatory exercises as being particularly appropriate, as it marked the 12Sth anniversary of the battle of Bennington and was legal holiday in the state
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-08-17
WHITES DOUBLE MISSION
To Explain Russian Attitude Toward
 the Jews.

ku& JGNSS
 St. Petersburg, Aug. 16.--It was ex- plained to the Associated Press to-day that M. Witte's mission to America, ip addition to undertaking peace negotia+ tions, was for the purpose of correcting certain mistaken impressions in Amer ica regarding the attitude of the Rus sian government on the Jewish ques- tion. He is to explain, too. the govern ment's proposals for reforms, com- n1ittee of ministers, after careful con- sideration, having formulated a project for reform which it has been decided to submit to the proposed national assem- bly, for final action.
 M. Witte, as president of the council of ministers, is familiar with the Rus- sian governments intentions regarding the Jews, and also has 8 close personal knowledge of the Jewish question in all its details.
 Prominent Jews here, however are pessimistic regarding the outcome of the promised reforms, and have little hope for favorable Jewish legislation from the Douma.