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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-10-27
CurIer vs.. Hennrs.ey.

The. Carson Appeal sizes up the
CurleE-Hennessy fight Us follows:
The sporting, the dental and the ju'
dicial elements OF Reno are still discus
sing that row between DR.. Hennessey
and Judge Curler. AS near as the
Appeal can learn the Judge bet the
Dentist that he had a horse that could
trot three heats in 2.l7 or better.
At a recent ace the Judges horse
went over the track not better than
90 and the Dentist claimed the humid
red plunks. The Judge declined to
pay and there was a row and in the mix
up the two rolled over and over and it
is said that when Hennessey made a
motion to paste the Court III the eye
that the Judge overruled it us an
ex parte motion ana improper at the
time. The doctor also attempted to
extract some OF his advar. aries teeth
without istertng a%nesthetics in the
regular form.
But questions dwarf the main idea
aud that Is the shock to the good people
VI hcuO ludt AuS SOuIl wv us IL lhSI
horse and that he Is willing to gamble
on its speed. The Court has always set
its face against all kinds and conditions
Of gambling but in this instance IT Is
evident that turf gambling is considered
all right by the Honorable Court, IL it
know itself. Even Joe Briefly holds
up his hands in horror when he hears
the case discussed. But the sports say
the worst feat ure of 1t is that the Court
WEIGHED" which is objectionable. The
church people, however, say that the
Court Ii perfectly consistent in its
action in refusing to be made a party to
the gambling part OF the transaction, 10y
refusing 20 lquidate, etc. etc.
The Appeal, no wever, thuks that it
will never do for a Judge in Washoe
county to WEIGH a bet OF that kind. 1t
may be Il mistake, however, aud posi-
bly, there is a misunderstanding. II
might be a good idea to have the race
run over again and deposit the coin with
some proper person as stake holder and
have the thing decided. The gate
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-10-27

Preston ". Search IL u very tall man,
magnilicently proportional, and there
fore il often called "Tho Ginnt Lcc.
turer."
At the close OF ono Of his lectures in
an eastern city a lady came forward
and said: "Proiessor Senrcb. | would
like to know how tall you are
Now that is n question very often
asked.
allow tall do you thinkf' wns tho
reply.
SWELL said the lady, al have n brother
Who is just elk fect, three inches tall,
but | think You are taller than he
"Oh no, my good woman, | am not 30
tall as That" stated Mr.. Search: 81 am
only five feet, nineteen
The lady looked nj him with u pua.
lied expression. Her wOman's ma.
thcmatics wns moi quick enough Tor the
reduction.
"Why" exclaimed che. IF really
thought You were taller tbnn my
BROTHER
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-10-27

money could be donated to any political
central committee and the horse could
he cold to tbs highest bidder, Tor it Is
obvious that no judge should own a race
horse in a conservative community like
Reno.
The rumor also over the phone
that some OF the sports have put up a
job on the Court and when his nag was
taking a spin they have given the ambi
tious equine fictitious time. It's time i'll
the race should have been As instead Of
% and that tile horse can never do Us
we'll again.
IL the Court thinks. however, that he
has a horse that can go three heats in
OF or better there are plenty Of men in
this city, wen some old, staid church
members. who will bet him fifty or one
hundred piunks that the Court is mis-
taken,
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-10-27
DIED

RIFFE-In EIko, Nevada, October 90,
1905, James Peter Rifle, a native Of
Shelton, Nevada. aged 20 years, : mos.
and IL days.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-10-27
4 FIshy Confession.

James Burns, who WIS sentenced to
fourteen months in the pententiary for
shooting up the BiItee saloon III Reno
is out with a lengthy confession in
which he claius that he and a man
named Kelley held up the Brewery
saloon at Reno on the night II Jul! 9Th,
instead OF Sabin and Christie who are
now serving sentences in the peuIten-
tiary for that crime. Sabin and Christie
were convicted upon the evidence OF
ex-Sheritf Hayes, who positively identl-
fled both men rs the ones who robbed
him and others III the Brewery saloon.
Burns says he made the conf ssion be
cause he docs not wan; to see innocent
men suffer for a crime hat he commit
ted. Burns and his associate. Kelley
have served sentences at Folsom prison.
In his confession, Burns says that he
and Kelly were around Elko last sum
mer and that both OF them worked
for Sam Eurn.ss during having.
The Gazette says that; the confession
Is given but little credcnCc IN Reno.
People argue that Burns came IN ron.
tact with Sab;n, who is Il postmaster
i'll defeating justice, and that Sahln in
duced him to manufacture the con-
f~ession.
Bearing ont the above theory, the
Gazette says, ONE Il statement from
Mrs. Sabin who confessed to another
woman yesterday that she was satisfied
that Sabin had knocked many people i'll
the head and robbed them. She also
said that he WAS absent from home ut
the time the Brewery saloon was robbed.
She added that she had grown tired Of
him and intended to shift for herself in
the future.
The attorneys FOR Christie and Sabiu
will use Burns confession to secure
their pardon.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-10-27

Virgil q. BOguc, chief = Of
Tie Western Pacific, stopped oil in Og.
den yesterday afternoon before gong
Ia Salt Lake City, where he will con-
suit with the supervising engineer,
Thomas VI. Wyche. and Ia look over
this end ~ the construction. lie states
that construction on the Western Pacific
is beginning 10 go along much faster ihun
was the cnsc ten days ugO. Tho laying
IT water pipes will hasten it still more.
Already demand Tor men il beginning
to be felt in Ogden.
Mr.. Bnguc's headquarters are nov in
San Francisco. At that end of the line
work has been started in eastern Cali.
f~ornia. At this end the terminal
question and tho entry 81 the Western
Pacific still remains for settlement.
Purchase Of tho Saltair Beach rail.
rOad in Salt Lake has bcCu looked on
as one method Of entry, and it il pos.
siblo that this will bc done.
Tho building Of joint terminals to be
operated by the Rio Grandc in this
city and ut Salt Lake will begin later
on. Ground for these terminals liz now
in the possession Of the company. \
now passenger station and new car
shops III Salt Lake arc among the
improvements which will come with
the terminals. II il stated. however.
that the actual work on this part Of the
Rystcm will not begin Tor months
Meanwhile the dctcr minatInu Of details
has yct I" bc unnouuccd.- Ogden Journal
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-10-27
Death of Young Man.

Jamca Potter Rifle, son ~ Oliver Rifle,
died at the county hospital ycetorday
afternoon Oi drOpsy ~ the heart. The
young man came hcro from Eureka u
few days ago and consulted DR.. Hood.
Ills condition was ]soriuus and he was
sent Ia the hospital.
Tho young man was born at Shelton,
this county on tho oh Of March, 1885.
flo was indust rious and honorable md
Ind n host Of friends Hho will he PANIED
10 learn Of his curly death.
Tho funeral took place from tho under
taking parlors this afternoon.
Tho rclntivcs have the eympathy Of
n large circle 81 friends in their
bereavement.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-10-27

II is . bad habit to borrow anything,
but the worst thing you can possibly Dor.
row, is trouble. When sick, sore, heavy,
weary and WORKOUT by the pains and
p]oi-ons Of dyspepsia, biIiousness,
Bright's disease, and similar internal
disorders. don't cit down and brood over
your symptoms, but fly for relief to Elec.
trio Bittcrs. Here you will find sure and
permanent forGctfulness OF all your
troubles, and yonr body will not he
burdGned by n load Of debt disease. At
EIko Drug Co.'s store. Price, 5Jc.
Guaranteed.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-10-27

y correspondent OF the White Pine
News, writing from Toano, says:
Grading camps OF the Nevada North
ern railroad are now established thirty.
five miles south OF Toano. Twenty
miles Of grade Is ready for The track
all built aid leveled of.
Here at TOano, or at the junction hc.
low this place, the grading for the yarl
is practically lone. The grading party
is now putting i'll a J and another parry
is busy laying temporary track anu
siding, 80 as tn be able to receive mate.
rial and siding for the construction
train. There is no permanent track
laying begun, but teams are busy dis.
tributing ties along the main line.
There are several thousand ties
delivered here and many miles OF 90.
pound steel rails are now on the ground.
beside several carloads OF fieh.pl; zee,
bolts. spikes and other supplies; so
permanent track-laying will begin
very soon. The track will b" kept up
with the gra ling. They " Il doubtless
be able to put down a mile each
day.
One Of the contractors states tina,
they are having a great deal of trouble
iii getting men. For a time they were
increasing their stock Of horses and
machinery, but now they are unable to
keep them busy, having several teams
idle in the c~orrals. Work would pro.
gress faster only for this; but consider
ing the equipment ana number OF men
at work, they are DONG very well.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-10-27
Colonist Rates.

Daily from September 18th
to October 31st. inclusive,
second-class colonist tickets
will he sold at Elko to Cole
Redlands, San Bernardiuo,
Riverside, Pasadena, San
Diego and intermediate main
line points, at a rate of S25.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-10-27

Arc often frustrated 10y suddcn break.
down. duo TO dyepcpeIn or constipation.
Brace up and take DR.. Kings New Life
Pills. They take out the materials which
arc clogging your oucrgica and give you
u now start. Cure headache and dizli.
n"ss too. AZ Eiko Drug CO.'e store; DC.
guaranteed.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-09-23
ELECTRICITY IN WAR ART.
Japanese Russian Conflict Is q Good
Example Of Its Use-Togo
Aided in Battle.

We have seen how all-impor-
tant electrical methods of com
m~unication are to an army on the
offensive from the recent cam
paign in Manchuria, says a writ
er in the Electrical Review. We
have also heard-howeyer, rather
indefnitely-of the important
part played in the recent naval
battle by the Japanese wireless
telegraph apparatus. AT the bat
tie of Mukden it was the telephone
and the telegraph which really
won the fight, and now it is reli.
ably reported that the part played
by the japanese wireless tele-
graph system in the recent naval
battle was just as important. 1t
is said that Admiral Togo had
many small scouting vessels
equipped with wireless apparatus,
which were watching the Russian
feet constantly and communicat.
ing with shore stations, the latter
forwarding the Information tothe
admiral. At no time after the
Russian fleet approached Japan
was he ignorant Of its position.
But it is another use of electricity
In the art Of war to which we wish
to call attention-the coast de.
tense service. 1t is being used
here for many purposes. To
operate the power plants and the
electrical apparatus in the United
States coast defense requires
about 200 officers and 5 900 men.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-09-23
COLLEGE LIFE IN SCOTLAND
Universities Of Great Britain Are Diff
ferent frssn Those in Amer
ica-1dAes Adhered To.

American college boys and high
school BOYS would have found
student life ct the old Scottish uni
versities rsEg' different from the
free and easy good time tley are
used to at their own seat Of learn
ing. In the early part of the eight
eenth century the students at
some of the Scottish universities
could not shoulder or push" each
other, could not stand at the gate,
on the stairs or in the corridors of
the college buildings for fear they
would dispute with each other,
could not play or loiter up and
down in any Of the courts while
the classes we're in progress, nor
play ball, Billiards or bowls. A
student-Ro matter how old he
was-eyoa a<ser he had become a
young msA-was whipped for get
ting into = asht or hitting another
student. ne, was fined for speak
ing coaEsGy or wickedly. He
could not trsw snowballs at any
thing or aHybody, and during
hours in the college building he
could not speak a word in any
thing bat Eatin.
At EdiRbSrgh the students wore
scarlet gowns during classes.
They lived in the town. There
were 20 dormitogies and they
knew very little about each other
in many cases. There were, and
are to-day.at Edinburgh no college
sports as we know them, and little
general college life.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-09-23
To the Investor,

All over the Southwest. cities and towns
are growing up, expanding. requiring more.
demanding more, peopled BY eager. pushing,
Wideawake citizens. who see the virtue Of
Encouraging enterprises Of every kind. the
needfulness of getting more and better facili-
The oil and gas fields Of Kansas. indian
Territory and Oklahoma are practically new
and offer wonderful opportunities for deVel.
opmeut along commercial lines.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-09-23
TRUCK coMPANYs JONAH.
Every Time the Tailor Entered En-
CINE House Fire Alarm Sounded
Now He Stays Away.

If there is one class of public
servant more superstitious than
another it is the fremen. Once a
bluecoat has made up his mind
that he is followed by a jonah
there is nothing that will convince
him that he is wrong, says the Chi
eago Record-Herald
The captain Of a West side
truck company is no exception to
the rule, and as a result, lies, the
tailor, is exiled from the com
pany's quarters. lies is one who
likes to spend his idle time around
an engine house. When he first
opened his little tailor shop near
the truck house he dropped in to
look over the quarters of the fire
men. He volunteered to mend any
clothing the men tore while at
work on fires, and they accepted.
One night a fireman ripped the
sleeve of his coat. The next morn
ing the tailor came in and took the
coat to repair. AS he went out an
alarm of fire came in. The fremen
worked for five hours. Late in the
afternoon the tailor returned with
the repaired coat. While he was
telling the fremen how he had
fixed it, another alarm of fire
struck in.
Every time the tailor came the
gong sounded. One afternoon the
captain heard one of the men
grumbling.
"What is the matter, Nike? he
asked.
swell, skipper, I may be wrong;
but / think that tailor is a hoo
doc"
The captain reflected. He be.
gan to believe Mike was right.
Still he did not like to say any.
thing to the tailor. He was a
willing worker in the cause of the
iremen. Yet the captain could
not get the "hoodoo" idea out oil
his head. He decided to try it out
The next four times the tailor
came in the door the company was
called out. Then the captain de
cided to act. He called tile com
pany together. They agreed Will
him. The tai4or was a hoodoo.
The next time he came the cap
/, tain started to tell him so. Before
: he had said ten words the compan,
was called out again. When it go.
back the taller was waiting in tn,
. door. One II the firemen caugh.
| him and pushed him outside.
b. "You are a prince Of a fellow
all right enough; but you are /;
jonah. The next time you wan
z anything Mere tell us about it owe.
the telephone. Every time yol
stick your nose in that door i
means a fire alarm"
lies eeSgA3Aa dat he was
: iSa0A $500 continues to re
, pair Tia ArSaEOa's clothes, but h.
never eOspua In the house when h.
delivers them.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-09-23
RRITFIY THE CONDITION is THIsl

The Southwest is really IN need Of nothing
save people, More men are wanted. In the
Southwest are Yast areas OF unimprOved land
land not yielding the crops OF which 1t is
capable. The same thing, in o different way.
Is true OF the towns. Few lines OF business
are adequately represented. There are OPEN
ings OF all sorts-form mills and manufacturing
plants. for small S stores OF all kinds, for banks,
newspapers and lumber yards. Mechanics
and professional men. both are In demand.
We are IN possession OF all sorts OF infor-
nation valuable alike to the investor and
homeseeker. II you are interested. tell US
what you want, how much you have TO invest,
and we will gladly furnish the information.
Write today for a copy OF our book business
Chances" It's free. Address
TWR GEORGE MoRT0H,
sS5Ixs General Passenger and Ticket lUut.
$500 ST. LOUIS, MO.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-09-23
DYNAMITE NOT DANGEROUS
Recent Railroad Wreck at Harris
burg Brings Out Much Talk
About the Explosive.

The recent railway accident at
Harrisburg has brought out a
vast amount of irresponsible talk
about handling dynamite" said a
contractor who had purchased
tons of that explosive for blasting
purposes. "The majority of per-
sons who talk about dynamite
have only a vague idea of what it
lis. Dynamite is not the danger
out substance it is popularity sup
posed to be. 1t may be handled
with absolute recklessness by an
experienced man, and will not de.
tomato except under well-defned
circumstances. A defamation is
about 1000 times quicker than an
explosion. Dynamite detOnates.
1t does not explode.
Dynamite in its marketable
form, in order to fit into drill
holes, is shipped in sticks varying
from half an inch to two inches in
diameter, and from three inches to
one foot in length. In the early
days of it's manufacture, before
its properties were fully under
stood, there were some unao-
cOuntable explosions that gave
dynamite a bad name 1t has never
recovered from. Time has made
us wiser. There is no danger tall
in children finding odds and ends
of dynamite thrown away by care
less workmen. A child would find
a great deal of difficulty in explod-
ing it. Every now and then we
read of somebody receiving a sup
posed Internal machine containing
dynamite, which is promptly inn
mersed in water before it is
opened. If it was really dynamite
! it would explode just as readily,
under proper conditions, if it were
in 20 feet of water.
Dynamite is nitroglycerin held
\ in an absorbent-wood pulp, coal
dust or other material-that will
hold the explosive tightly. 1t is a
\ powder of a resinous nature, vary
ing in color with the absorbent
used. The strength is calculated
by the amount of nitrOglycerin alb.
sorbed by the carrier, varying all
the way from 20 to so per cent.
"For commercial purposes stick
dynamite is packed in 25-pound OIL
50-pound cases, with a liberal al
lowance of sawdust. 1t can be
freighted or stored without dan
ger, provided common intelligence
and care be used. 1t is only wher
( ignorant persons attempt to ex
4 pertinent with it that it becomes b
i powerful destroying agency. II
some states its transportation BY
1 rail is governed by strict law. II
shouldbeso in every state. In New
York and ether cities les trans
pertation through the streets is
regulated by the fire commissions
er. The police have nothing to d.
with it,"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-09-23

Jack-Behold the fair damsel
coming down the street. She is a
miss with a mission.
Tom-Wha is her mission7
Seeking a man with a man
sionn-Chicago Daily. News.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-09-23

~A.h, welsl Ny VACATIONS over.
] had a spiaa&id timer
"Whers Did you go?s
"Nowhoae. My wife went of
yisiting!w-Maitere Welt.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-09-23
10 the h~Omasaakar,

Through the NJ. K. & T. Land Bureau.
thousands OF acres OF rich farm lands (im-
proved and unimproved). located along the
line OF the Missouri. Kansas & Texas R'y IN
Missouri. Kansas. Indian Territory. Okla
homa and Texas. are now offered for sale.
The lands are especially adapted to the
growth OF corn, wheat. oats, fruits. vege-
tables. rice. cotton. sugar ane and for stock
farming. The lands are well located as TO
markets.. schools. etc.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-09-23
Are You
looking AheadP

~ the man looking ahead the, Southwest
has an urgent invitation. The opportunity
rs today when investment chances are good
homes can be purchased az from one
.erth 20 one-half the prices asked In the
Nnrfn and Fast
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-01
is DENIED CHILDREN
Omaha Indian, Divorced from Wife,
Seeks in Vain to Get
Offspring.

The application for a writ of habeas cor
pus that he might be restored the custody
Of his children was refused Louie Dick, an
Omaha Indian, by Judge Munger Friday
morning.
The two children were attending the In
dian school at Genoa and the father wanted
them home for the vacation he alleged. In
his application for the writ Louie Dick says
he is an Omaha Indian and was married
to Lizzie White in 1891 his bride also being
a member of the Omaha tribe. The couple
was divorced in January 1908, and Louie
was given the custody of their minor chill
dren, Lucy, aged IA, and Emory, aged II
years. He held further that the two chill
dren are unlawfully restrained of their
liberty, and the petitioner of their GUS
tody and control, by one w. H. Winslow,
superintendent of the Indian school at
Genoa, where the children were attending
school.
This school is under the control and d.
rection of the Interior department and the
father says Winslow refuses to restore the
children to the petitioner because they are
members OF the Indian tribe and are to
remain in his custody and control until
they have fulfilled their full term of three
years at that school. The children were
produced in court Friday morning, pur-
suant to the application of Louie Dick.
In his answer Superintendent Winslow
says that on September /, 1903, Lucy Dick,
one of the children, was placed in the
Genoa school by her father for a term OF
three years. and was consequently received
there for that term and under the rules
OF the Interior department she would have
to remain there for the full term. He
is OF the opinion that for the interest or
all concerned that they should remain there
for the full term as prescribed by the
rules and regulations of the Interior de-
partment.
Louie Dick, the plaintiff in the case, is
one of the best known Indians of tho
Omaha tribe and is we'll known in Omaha,
having been frequently a witness before
the United States courts in the bootlegging
cases, as we'll as frequent interpreter for
both the government and the Indians.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-01
WEATHER INTERRUPTS FETE
American Militia Visits King Edward
on His Birthday and Re-
ceiVe welcome.

LONDON, June SO-The trooping of the
colors, the main feature of King Edwards
birthday celebration, had to be postponed
today owing to inclement weather. The
representatives of the Seventh regiment of
the New York National Guards, however,
proceeded to Buckingham palace, where
they were received by the king.
Fourteen members OF the regiment
marched through the Mall to the palace,
assembled in the ambassadors room and
thence we're ushered into the throne room,
where the king welcomed the Americans.
Among the others present were Ambas-
sador Reid and Major J. II. Beacon, the
American military attache. The Americans
wore their side arms.
The king expressed his pleasure at seeing
the Americans and congratulated them on
their appearance. He said he was glad to
hear they had found the British regiments
hospitable, as he knew the Americans to
be in the case of a visit from British
marksmen. The king shook hands with
each of the visitors on their departure
Most of the reviews. naval and military,
in honor of the kings birthday had to be
postponed on account of rain. The usual
salutes were fired at the garrison towns
and at the ports. The warships were
dressed,