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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-07-06
I..capsa FROM J.i,.

Frank Williams, held III the Jail To
await the action Of the United States
grand jury on the charge OF selling wills.
key to Iudians. made II slick eecnpe
Wednesday might, when Sheriff Clark
WIS loclsing up the prisoners. The sher.
I'll had ordered them to .hi ir cells mnd had
seen Williams go in and close the door.
After seeing that all TN tile west side of
the Jail were in the ir cells, he slid the
iron Lar that pas es over the doors OF the
cells and supposed that it had caught
the door Of Williame's cell with the 9th.
crs. II sccms, however. that Williams
had opened the door just FAR enough Tor
the sliding lar To miss it. After sliding
tile Tar along the RON OF cells on the east
side, the sheriff went in the Jail TO lock
the cells. leaving the key in the Jail
door. Williams cell is in the north west
corner Of the Jail and while the sheriff
wa going around the north end Of the Jail
to LEX the cells on the west side. win
iams slipped out Of his cell and out 81
the Jail into the sheriH's ollie and lock.
ed the j, or. Once in the Office, he hnd
a clear r"nd Ia Ii berry. lie went ont Of
the side door into the Jail yard, climbed
the fence and struck IL Tor pastures
new.
When Sheriff Clnrk had finished his
WORK i'll the Jail, he found that he could
not ge: out. Mr.. Dawlev happened 10
he citing on the front poI ch Of the Jail
and the sheriff called I" him to open the
door. Mr.. Dawlcy was rnther surprised
at the slIeriiT's call us he had d. ard the
door opened ana locked and thought IA,
sheriff had come out some time he ro,c.
He went to the sheriiT's assistance and
let him ont of the jail. a search WIS
then made aud Williams was missing.
Sheriff Clark ind Deputy Sheriff IIar.
bin were soon un horseback searching
the hills, but no trace Of Williams was
found. Mr.. Hardin went east on the
train this morning ind this afternoon
Sheriff Clark went west on No. 3.
Williams IL said tn have broken jniI in
San Francisco before coming here. lie
Inns the appearance Of ii tough case. and
it III doubtful il the officers catch him
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Barnum Had Not Met Him.

When p. T. Barnum was at The
head OF his great moral show" 1t
was his rule to send complimentary
tickets TO clergymen. and the custom:
Is continued TO this day. Not long af.
ter the Rev. DR.. Walker succeeded 10
the p%astoratc OF the Rev. DIR. Hawkes.
In Hartford, Conn. there came TO the
parsonage, addressed to DR.. Hawkes.,
tickets for the circus, with the com.
pllments Of the famous Snowman. DR..
Walker studied the tickets for a mo.
mcnt and then remarked: Or.
Hawkes. Is dead, and Mr.. Barnum Is
dead; evidently they have pot met"
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Notice of Application for Permission to
Appropriate The Public Waters OF the
State OF Nevada.

Notice Is hereby given thar on the 18th day nj
April, 1906, In accordance with Section ~
Chapter SLNl OF the Statutes OF 1908, one VII
liam Hunter OF ElkO, County of Elko AM
state OF Nevada, made application To Ia,
state Engineer OF Nevada, for permission Il
appropriate the public waters OF the State al
Nevada. such appropriation Is tobe made from
south Fork Humboldt River at point In N W :.
OF Sec. 10, II. ~. y. X. 81 E.,by means OF a dam
ana twelve cubic feet per second IS to bc con
yeycd To points In Secs. 1. 8, o. IL and 10, OF Il
~ y. II. ~ T., by means OF n ditch ana ihcr,
used for irrigating.
Thc construction OF said works shall begin be
fore september LIST, 1904, and shall he completed
on or before September LIST, 1905. The water shall
be actually applied To n beneficial use on or be
fore September LIST. 1879. Signed
HENRY TIIURrRi.L,
State Engineer
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ARE LEAD TO DEATH IN sTUPoR.
Condemned Persons Dragged Before
Their Execution.

Their Execution.
They were discussing the horrors
that attended on the hanging of Mary
Rogers.
but she suffered l%ittlc," said n ply.
sician. Every murderer who goes to
the fallows or the electric chair Is
drugged to the point almost Of uncon.
seriousness. Otherwise the death sen.
tence, ~unendurably hideous, would be
abolished"
He frowned and continued:
nc man alone In n cell with the
knowledge that on a certain day, Mt n
certain hour, he Is 10 be killed can
keep his nerve.
II stops eating. he stops sieeping;
% IN a little while he Eegins to shrek.
Then the drugglng begins. with
opium or with alcohol he Ia lulled into
a torpor. On the day OF his death he
Is so heavily dosed as to be, to all
practice. intents and purposes, uncon.
gcious.
Condemned murderers as the last
day approaches aro so wild with ter.
ror that 1t takes III incredible lot OF
dosing to compose them. | have seen
men untouched by three grains of
inorphia, and n pint OF whisky would
have no more cffoct on them than n
shell Of beer.
THANK goodness. I say, that man Ia
at least humane enough before ho
Stays Ills brother to drug tho poor fcl.
lew into a stupor. Thank goodness
thni when VIC XIII legally 40 kill with
MISUNDERSTANDING Chronicle.
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Jack Faust, the well known barber,
died at the county hospital about 6
o'clock Tuesday evening Of quick con-.
sumption. lie had been aiIlnp for
Sc vGrnl months und on the liih Of June
was taken I" the county hospital. Here
he had good care and attention, but til.
disease had gained too great Il Eehlway
for medical skill tC combat. lie was
ieIirioms several lays before his death
and pnsed away while unconscious.
But ii,tl. is fu"wn Of h f. HISTORY, Int
from what we are able Ia CLEAN, he waa
born III Iowa uhOut II year aga II
Onr memory is q Mt iHu.t he served
with Captain Linsco;I's compm,y ~
Nevada boys III the Philippir es md did
good service ns IL soldier.
So far as known he had no rclnti yea
III tins State, except "a wife, with whom
hc la | not lived Tor sometime. lie gave
Steward \ bel the MINES ~ u brother
and married slstc: who lived at ono
time ut Sioux City. Iowa. Tho ir nnmcs
and ndircsscs were given /" DIR. Eby
last Monday and to wrote :" them, but
1t ia rather doubtful il they are heart
from m the dercWcd had not heard my.
thing of them Tor seven years.
The remains are nj the undertaking
p~arlor1 whiting instruction from his
wife. IL she does not arrange for the iu.
neral the deccTcd will be buried NJ tho
expense AZ the cuuity.
Poor Jack, may your long. lna: sleep
he peaceful.
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Only 81 Years Old.

Il am only 80 years old and don't eI-
pect even when l get to he real old to
feel that way as long rs | eau ge, Flee
trc Bittere,' says Mrs. +. II. Brunsop,
Of Dublin, Ga. Surely there's nothing
else keeps the old rs young and makes
the weak as strong rs this grand tonic
medicine. Dyspepsia, torpid liver. in
iamed kidneys or chronic constipation
are unknown after taking Electric Bit
tiers a reasonable time. Guaranteed by
Elko Drug TO. Price SOC.
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STATE OF OHIO. CITY or TOLEDOJ
LUCAS CouSTy


FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath HAT he
is the senior partner OF the firm Of +. j.
CHENEY & Co., doing business in the City
OF Toledo, County and State aforesaid.
md that said firm will pay tho sum Of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
md every case OF Catarrh lint cannot
DO cured by the use OF HALLS CATAupu
CURE. FRANK J. CHENEY,
Sworn to before Inc and subscribed
in my presence, thus 9th day of Decrm.
Der, A. D, 1886. \. w. GLEASON,
lsEALl Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in.
~ternally and acts directly on Ghe blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system.
Send for testimonials free.
f. j. CuESEY..& Co. Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constitution
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MERE MATTER OF EVOLUTION
Successive Steps From Kitchen Table
to Hall Mirror.

ShSPN TIoIh NlISuCh idDlC
to Hall Mirror.
Mrs. Compton looked at her patient
but bewildcred husband with an eX.
preston of good-natured superiority.
Dear me. George" she said, cheerful.
ly, Il don't see the use Of my trying
to explain to you, but I'm perfectly
willing to do 1t, OF course.
II did intend. as you say, TO buy a
kitchen table. and l came home with
a hall mirror. But it was an abso.
lutely natural change.
First | looked at kitchen tables.
Then the clerk called my attention to
the kitchen cabinets, with drawers
and everything. Then l said how much
they looked like bureaus, except that
they had no glass. Then he showed
me one with a glass, and then he said
he had such a pretty bureau, If |
cared to look at 1t.
SO / looked ut that, and 1t was
pretty, but the glass was rather small.
So then he showed me 4 dressing case
with n nice glass mirror, and ! said
what nice glass II was. And then he
said, If you want to see n fine piece
OF glass. let me show you one of our
new hall mirrors
And of course, George. you can I'M
derstand that when I saw that beau.
tiful mirror I had to have 1t; and
you know you don't like me to run
up bills In new places, and I hadn't
enough to buy n kitchen table. too,
so--now isn't Il clcar?"- Youths Com.
paniOn.
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chiefly valuable for their silver content
can now be mined at a greater profit
than at any time since 1893, and mines
that have not been worked eince then.
as well as deposits that have not before
been opened, are now, OF soon win be,
among the regular products Of silver.
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He Showed How It Happened.

]. Weston Of Oxford county, Maine.
tells the fc' ,wing stor~ of a neigh
Dor of his who had the misfortune to
fall from a scaffold In his barn and
fractured several ribs:
After n long and tedi illness he
was able TO walk around, and he want
ed to show & friend how he met with
the accident. They went to the barn,
and he laboriously climbed to the scat
fold.
II was standing right here. and
started to cross, at just this place."
he said, land when | put my foot on
this board, down l went, and-hellity
blazes. here l go again"
1t is needless to say that the last
state of that man was worse than the
first"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-07-06

Judge Joe Donnelly vent to Johnnie
Siding Saturday morning to bury the
remaIns Of u man who was found dead
near the wagon road, about fifteen
miles east OF the Siding. The body
was discovered on June 20 by II team.
ster. The Judge reports that the body
was so badly decomposed that the man
was beyond recognition, but the de.
ceased is supposed to be S q. Emerson,
a miner. Tho man Emerson had been
ut Ash Meadows and johnnie Siding
drinking heavily at either place, and the
indications arc That he wandered out OF
Johnnie Siding in n drunken stupor,
lying down to hs final sleep. 1t is not
probable that n man in his right mind
would start ont to walk across the
desert without a canteen Of water. IL is
also reported TINT Emerson had s0J in
money when at Johnnie Siding, and
that he had q partner, Pat O'Mara, with
whom he quarreled, resulting in the
dividing OF the spoils which the two had
accumulated together. O'Mara started
north and Emerson south. a grave WINS
dug 10y the roadside and the remains OF
the unfortunate desert traveller were
rolled in without coffin or shroud, thus
closing the chapter OF life for one Of the
poor victims, OF which the desert holds
many.--Rhyolite Herald.
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Much More Serious,

He-What? You can't SO to tho
opera with me tonight? You prom.
ised to.
She-I know, but it is impossible.
"Ha! 1 see II all. You love an.
other"
20, no-no, indeed"
Then you have determined to tram,
pie on your wv heart and marry
some man for his money. Aha! You
shrink! You expect him to call this
evening. Perfdious-"
please. please. don't. 1t Is not So
Then why won't you g-?"
Il can't get my Goa. on over the
sleeves Of my new dress."-Stray Sto,
ries.
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LAke Tnnn...

Lake Tahoe, the most beautiful spot
On the Pacific % gt, is famous rs a
hummer resort. Tourists come from all
over the world Ia breathe its health
giving air ana drink in its beautiful
scenery. This lannon's resort can he
easily reached over the lines OF the
Southern Pacific at very low rates from
all points.
For further Information apply to d.
s Taggart district freight and passenger
agent, Reno, Nevada.
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LEAVING HIM WITHOUT 4 HOME
Girls Decision Affected Comfort Of
Quiet Young Man.

Su'ot FOuHY mdH'
He was n quiet and nm unobtrusive
young man, and he had called upon
tho same girl regularly for five and n
half years without in any way divulg.
ing his future plan of campaign. Not
unnaturally, the damsel had grown
weary OF this, and, to clear the air,
she at last decided that Henry must
be firmly dealt with.
SO one evening when they were
costly seated In the front parlor. she
said, without any advance on tho
young mans part: a
mo. no.. Mr.. Bottlewash, I cannot
marry you, so II is useless for you TO
call upon me any more!"
"Alas!" murmured the youth, what
shall | do? What shall I dor
"Oh, do not take II 20 hard, Henryi
| will reconsider"
1T isn't that" interrupted the man:
but what shall I do for a place to go
TO during the long evenings OF the
coming wInter?"-Exchange.
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Wanted

Information wanted rs to the where
aboute Of anv relative Of Samuel Morri-
son, who left Londonderry Ireland, As
years ago aud settled in the west. lie
is supposed to have met his death in a
New York Hospital about 80 years ago.
Any relative or friend please write
his brother John Morrison. 27l High
Street, Elgin, Scotland.
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MeMeERsAlp OF RUSSIAN OuMA.
Only % Out of 400 viii Come From
the Cities.

SnII 90 SuL OF fVO VIII COme FROM
the Cities.
The 400 members Of the Russian
Imperial Duma must have certain
property qualifications. They must be
able to speak Russian and they must
take the oath of allegiance, on cleo
tion. They will draw So q day during
the session Of the Duma, and mileage
at the rate OF two and a half cents n
mile to and from the capital. AS first
designed these members were to be
elected In rather a roundabout way.
Groups OF electors were first to be
chosen from three great classes OF
Russian society; the landowners, he
village communities and the munich
palities. The first extension OF this
scheme further admitted large NUM-.
bers OF the artisan class, tx Attest
developments will, It seems, At hit ev-
erybody. including the army and navy,
1t Is worth noting. as showing that
Russia is still a vast. sprawling VII
lage. that Of more than 400 members
to be returned to the Duma. only TWEEN.
ty-eight will represent cities: six for
st. Petersburg; four for Moscow. and
II each for the following eighteen
owns: A%strakhan, Kishlnev, wilma,
Noronej, Rostov, Ekaterinoslav, Ka-
Fan, KieH. Riga, Mini N%ovgorod, Orel.
Samara, Saraton. Tula. KharkoGf.
Odessa and Yaroslav. Compare this
vast rural representation with that CT
England, where the city and county
members exactly counterbalance each
other. and We get n measure of the
difference between the two nations
Harper's Weekly.
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OF troubles to contend with, spring from
Il torpid liver and blockaded bowele,
unless you awaken them to their proper
action with Dr. Kings New Life Pills;
the pleasantest and most effective cure
Tor constipation They proven, appeL-
dicitis and tone up the system. 25c at
Elko Drug Co.
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Hides BRING is c.nts.

Chicago rules the worlds prices
for hides. Hides which ak years ago
wero selling nj 8 cents q pound are
now realizing owe 10 cents, or n high.
err price than beef Itself.
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Curl Chrysanthcr .Ims,

Before chrysanthcmums are exhibit.
ed at the various shows they oro
curlcd and frillcd by specialists TO
make them appear to the best advan.
tagc.
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Dowry for Harem Girls.
Every woman who leaves the Turk.
fish Sultan's harcm and gets married
receives n dowry OF $4,000.
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JOHN SANAL
JOSE SAyAI
STATE or NEVADA. }.
COUNTY or HUMBOLDT, =

VI VI u "
COUNTY or HUMBOLDT, No
Personally appeared before me this Ith day o!
May, 1900, !. \. LASGWITH. Notary Public,
in and for tho County Of Humboldt, State oi
Nevada, John SayaI. and Jose Sayal, personally
known tn mo to be the persons respectively,
described In and who executed the foregoing
instrument. who. each Of the, acknowledged 60
me that ne executed the snILG freely and yolun.
tarily, and for the uses and purposes therein
mentioned.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF. I have hercunto
set my hand and anlxcd my Onlc!al Seal the
day AMI year Ia this certificate FIRST above
written. !. 4. LANG WITH.
- Notary Public.
{srAn}
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Notice and Certificate OF the Formation
and Existence OF u Partnership.
STATE OF NEVADA,

STATE OF NEVADA,
COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT.
In accordance with an Act OF the Legislature
OF the State OF Nevada, entitled "AE act re-
lnirlng partners tTansaCting business in this
State TO iilc certificates OF partnership with
names 81 each individual comprising the
same, approved February gth, 1887, each of
the undersigned and the partnership herein
named hereby certify: That they formed and
are chTrying on u partnership under the iIrIn
name and style OF "Saval Bros" for the pur-
pose Of carrying on n general stock business in
the County Of Elko, State OF Nevada, ANA the
County OF Humboldt. State OF Nevada, 0S.
tributinS equally 10 the capital stock of said
business, and agree 10 share equally the profits
ana loss thereof: that all OF the business trans.
actions OF said firm and partnership will Ice
rad. and done Ia said partnership name; thai
the full name OF each OF III. persons Interested
~ partners In said firm aud It's business. arc
JOHN SAVAL and JOSE SAyAL that the
place OF residence Of said partners is Elko,
Elk0 County, State Of Nevada
Dated May I, 1901.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-24
Mry Mary Nmmick

Pinkham, of Lynn. Mass is fully quail
fiedto give helpful advice to sick women.
Read Mrs. Dimmicks letters.
Her first letter:
Dear Mrs. Piskham:-
81 have been sufferer for the pest eight
years with trouble which first originated
from painful periods-the pains were excruei-
ating, with Inflammation and liberation of the
female organs. The doctor says must have
IN operation or I cannot live. do not want
to submit to an operation if | can possibly
avoid it. Please help me.n-Mrs. Mary
Dimmick, Washington, d. C.
Her second letter:
Dear Mrs Pinkham:-
You viii remember my condition when
last wrote you, and that the doctor said
must have an operation or | could not live.
l received your kind letter and followed your
advice very carefully and am now entirely
well. As my case was so serious it seems g
miracle that am cured know that owe
not only NY health but my life to Lydia E.
PinkhaLl's Vegetable Compound and TO your
advice. I cz.n walk miles without an ache or
a pain, and wish every suffering woman
would read this letter and realize what you
can do for them Mrs. Mary Dimmick, 59th
and East Capitol Streets, Washington, d. G.
How easy it was for Mrs. Dimmick to
write to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass,
and how little it cost her-a two-cent
stamp. Yet how valuable was the reply!
AS Mrs Dimmick says it saved her life.
Mrs. Pinkham has on file thousands
of just such letters as the above, and
offers ailing women helpful advice.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-24
CHILD LABOR LAW
To Be EMF FORCED.

Several lists of names and addresses
of children who are working in VIOLA
tion of the child labor law have been
received by superintendent Roncoviefi
who Will pass them to State Labor
Commissioner Stafford. The latter will
investigate each case and report on it
to the Board of Education. and then a
truant officer Will force, where possible,
the attendance of the Achild at the pub
lie school
According to the State law, no child
between the ages Of 12 and a years
can be employed without permission of
the Judge of the Juvenile Court, and
children between IA and 6 years must
have the consent of the superintendent
of Public Instruction in order to be
permitted 10 work instead OF going to
school. Where it is found that q childs
wages are positively necessary for the
support of some other person permis-
sion is always given for labor but in
other cases the law will be enforced.
superintendent Roncovieri has made
arrangements with the Relief Corpora
tion to furnish clothing to children
who are compelled for lack of it TO re-
main away from school.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-24
NINE BUILDINGS IN
WIFE'S MEMORY.

Nine buildings are to be erected in
this city by Miles NJ. Gepcevic, and
each shall be a memorial to his de-
ceased wife, who was Miss Harry A.
L. Floyd. and whom Gepcevic mar
ried while he was a gripman on the
Sacramento-street car line. Gepcevic
holds property inherited from his wife
to the value of nearly s1,oo0.000. and
1T is on this land that new structures
are to be erected.
According to the owner he will first
build on the site of the old Washing
ton Market, from Washington to Mer-
chant street, along the line of San
some street Work is also contem-
plated soon on a building on the west
side of Montgomery street, between
Washington and Clay. After these
building are under way Gepcevic will
secure plans for seven other structures
for the wholesale district, and it is
his intention to have each building su-
perior in every way TO the buildings
that were destroyed.
The owner declares that work will
be pushed forward as rapidly as ma
terial and workmen can be secured.
The temporary buildings now on a
portion of the property will be re-
moved soon to clear the ground for
the permanent structures.
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-24
ROSENTH HAL LIABLE
FOR SHORTAGE.
Tury's Verdict Declares
Him a Debtor to the
Pine Hill Company
WANTS NEW TRIAL

BY the verdict of a jury in the
United States Circuit Court yesterday
Cert Rosenthal will be required to pay
to the Pine Hill Consolidated Mining
Company se31o, with interest at per
cent from the date of the fling of the
complaint. This sum was alleged to
have been reeeiyed and unaccounted
for by Rosenthal during the nineteen
months of his incumbenoy as super
intendent of the mine.
After the jury had been dismissed
Edward Tauzsky, counsel for Rosen-
thai, moved for a new trial on the
ground that the verdict was contrary
TO the evidence.
Il was never so surprised in my
life" said Tauzsky to Judge Edward
Whitson. at has shaken my confidence
in human nature"
the defendant" remarked Bert Schles-
pany. lit would have shaken my con-
fidence in human nature also"
The motion for a new trial will be
argued this morning.
1t was shown on the trial that Re-
senthal had received s43,544 from the
mining company's officials in New
York, and IL was charged that he had
failed TO return vouchers for se51o Of
that amount He took the witness
stand and swore that he had expended
every dollar for the benefit of the COM
pany and that he had sent the vouch-
ers to the company. His books. which
he said he had left at the Office, could
not be found. Secretary Mase swore
that the vouchers had never been sent
him.