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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-10-12
NEW LAW BRINGS LITTLE RELIEF

Railroad earnings have nearly doubled
in the past ten yearR, yet freight rates
are higher now than in 1886. lie it any
wonder that the people are demanding
cheaper rates and therefore congress
conceded tho railroad rate regulation
binf 1t is safe to say, however, that
the republicans have again buncoed
the people for the benefit of their
friends. the railroads, md the re will be
no general rate reduction under the
new law. Some shippers will gain an
advantage, rs they will all he more on
the same footing, inUtead Of former
determinations i'll favor Of certain
preferred slippere. That is the main
good point in the new law and is why it
was SO eagerly voted for by the demo-
crate, oven when their amendments had
been rejected by the republican railroad
sympathizers. il was n step in the right
direction and all that was possible to
procure with the president and those
republican senators, who were sup.
poeed 10 favor a more stringent and
comprehensive measure, being willing
to submit to railroad dic,ation nj the
last minute.
IL the Bailey amendment had been
adopted the legal delay TINT ID no y
inevitable when the commission begins
to enforce a reduction Of rhtes, would
have been reduced 20 the minimum,
whereas now it may be almost inter
minable.
With railroad earnings so vastly in.
creasing and large interest beng paid
IN the actual capital invested, why
should freight rates mol be reducedi
The railroads virtually conccde this
by the voluntary reduction Of passeDger
rates by the PENNSYLVANIA railroad, bu,
freight rates ARE collected in u more
indirect manner and the bulk OF the
people 0pl. pay on freight when they
buy goods at the storcs. Lite the tariff
tax they don't know how much they nrc
paying.
Railroad rate regulation is for the
future mud the new Inv will have TO lie
further amended before rates will bc
reasonable,
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AN ERSrwuILE HEFoRMER.


Secretary Bouaparte, since he has
been admitted To the inner sanctuary
Of the republican, party-thc preside nl's
cabinet = has become very partisan. In
his speech to the Maryland editors at
Baltimore, September 25sh, he said:
"The democratic purity has advocated
only crude, ill-considered, sweeping and
revolutionary measui cs, which might OF
might not remove the abuses We regret
and condemn, but would surely prompt.
~ and hopelessly ruiz the national
prosperity We justly prizo. Democrats,
us a party, would cut down the treo
yielding all this rich fruit TO get rid of Il
few baleful insects; We propose to apply
a treatment fatal to the insects, but
healthful and invigoratipg 10 the tree
itself"
Secretary BOnaparte evidently is
following the republican plan, "cIaim
everything and buy the election super.
visors.7
The legislation OF the last congress
TINT was OF national import WINS The
railroad cato bin, which hal never beau
demanded in Any republican platform
and was for some years advocated i'll
democratic platforms. Does he call
that a sweeping and revolutionary
measure?' 1t is true that in conse-
quence Of the iucompetency or railroad
sympathy OF the republican officials that
~concocted the rate bill and the refusal
OF tho republican majority to vote Tor
amendments supported by the demo.
crate, it ma "uot remove The abuses we
regret and condemn" But that ia not
the fault Of the democrats, but rather
should be blamed on President Roosevelt
for forcing the administration senators
tO accept the Allison amendment instead
Of the democratic amendments.
Tho republican congress, controlled
by The president and the speaker, re-
fused to consider the democratic bill to
prevent corporations from contributing
to political campaign iunda. The
opposition of tho republican leaders to
this reform was no doubt bccause it
"Nould cat down the tree yielding all
| this rich fruit" which Tint other ointment
republican Matthew Quay nlways hllud.
ed to as the "p!umi tree" the shaking Of
which has kept the republican party in
power. and the same tree which was
vigorously shaken by tile chlirman Of
the republican national committee
10 1904 aud yielded such rich plums
from the Insurance and other corpora
tons. How can Secretary Bona pnrtc
claim truthfulIy that I'VE propose to
apply u treatment fatal to the insects
while at the Same time tho republican
party is gathering the pluna Tor the
"insccIs" Of HE p0riy to feed upoDS \
bah! Monsieur BOudpaTte, such soph.
istry in unworthy Of the crstwliln re-
former.
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A Most W ,r by Article.

When an article i.as been on The
mnrNot Tor ycaro and gains friends every
vcnr, /, "a safe to cnll thR medicine a
worthy quo. Such is Billiards. Here.
hound Syrup IL positively cures
coughs aud all pulmOnnr, iii 'caacs Ono
oi the bost known merchants III Mobile.
Ain, enye: "FOr five years my family
has not been troubled with tho winter
coughs ws oSo this TO Bailard's Ilorc
hound Syrup. | know 1t hno eayed my
children from many eick spells Sold
by ElkO Drug %.
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II the plans OF DR.. Church. uf the
signal corps OF tho University Of Ne
vada, are carried ont. "a message will be
will be sent within a few days from the
summit of Mt. Rose to a high peak on
the Atlantic coast. The message will
be sent by Lieutenant Louis Goldstein,
OF the cadet signal corps, who will be
assisted 10y DR.. Church nnd a number
OF other professors.
The plan of sending messages from
Mt Rose to the university hill WAS tried
last June, and proved very successful.
The messages we're sent with Il fOur-
inch glass. 1t is now the plan OF the
cadet and professors III charge of the
work to increase this la ten or twelve.
inch glasses aud thus increase the dis.
lance.
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There's grave danger from the plague
Of coughs and colds that are so preva-
lent, unless you take DIR. Kings New
Discovery for consumption, coughs and
ooids. Mrs. Geo. Walls, Forest City Mel
writes: @Its n Godsend to people liv-
ing in climates where coughs aud colds
prevail. | find it quickly ends them" II
prevents pneumonia, cnres LaGrippe,
gives wonderful relief in asthma and
hay fever. and makes weak lungs strong
enough to ward off consumption, coughs
and colds. SOC and sl.00. Guaranteed
by Elko Drug Co. Trial bottle free.
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rr,J, Muu n, K.ciprocnl.

Barter is the basis Of all trade. IL NO
would sell, we must also buy. This is
true OF all nations and men. a tariff ID
protective only to the same extent to
which it is prohibltiye OF trade, and Is
Injurious to both buyer and seller to the
extent to which it is prohibitive.
II gives mn unjust advantage to one
class, that is to those who have n
monopoly in the exclusive market pro-
duced by it. 1t discriminates against
all who use houses or commodities with
quintessence Of dishonesty; and to
advocate such a policy in the name Of
labor is the very quiutcssnece Of hypo-
criSY,
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BENICIA, Oct. "a chimney connect
ed with IA gold smelling furance in the
Selby Smelling and Lead compapy's
plant at Vallejo Junction has enriched
the company's Golfers $1,000. The
chimney Las been filling up fur'the past
year, and finally became SO troublesome
that the managers Of the plant ordered
it cleaned. The refuse was ntter wards
treated in the gold room and was found
to contain gold dust worth 5000. The
directors immediately ordered appliance
attached to the c%himneys to prevent
refuse from passing out into the air.
This small bonanza is the result Of one
years accumulation on the sides OF the
big ilue. 1t is not known bow much
was lest.
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vo,. for G.orr. a. a.rt,,,,

George A. Bartlett, the Democr,t;c
nominee for Congress, is making mn .x
cellent impression all over the Stai..
lie received n ovation upon his arrival
Mt Eureka. his old home, Inst week
The friends Of his hoy hool und ea,lv
manhood gathered about HIM aud t,.
day was given over 10 M old time boli
day in recognition Of his visit. In fact
III every town Mr.. Bartlett hue visited no
has rers ived Il luost cordial welcome
md the very best Of treatment. Mr..
Bartlett is not only a popular candidate
with the Common people. from the
ranks OF which no cnmc, but no is an
able maD, one, who by virtue of his
ability, his force Of argument and
earne5tness, imprCssee those ie talks To.
lie is IA man Of firm principle. decision
aud absolute integrity. There are no
glamour IN his make VI; no big Il" and
little "a; no fuss and feathers, but Sim e..
ply a plain ordinary citizen who recor.
niZes that one man is list rs good ma
another. ii he obeys the law Of the land.
no matter what his social position mny
be.
a vote FOR George a.. Bartlett il n
vote i'll the interests of the devrIupmrn,
OF Nevada, IA vote for the man Who
tolls III the mines, in the tields and IN
work shops Of the State; "a vote for
a man who will give his best energies.
talents md every means mt his corr.
mand to have Nevada receive her lust
recognition M II State Of great future.
Vote for George \. BARTLETT Tor Mem.
Der Of Congress- Rcno Observer.
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Owing to the numerous and diyerg-
ent divorce laws in America a curious
state of things can easily exist. You
may divorce your wife in Arizona.
But rs you travel in the same train
with her to New York she is your
wife still-now and then. and for an
hour or two mt n time. Unless you
get the conductor Of the train TO call
the state frontiers and read the local
code, You cannot be certain whether
sou an bound or free.
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STAND rATrrus" AM

Tie "stand pat doctrine con!cssedly
cannot withstand adversely. II depends
Tor any hope OF popular acceptance upon
the couniry's being prosperous. II
therefore Dervcrls the blessings ~ Prov.
idence and the rewards Of ihdustry iUto
agencies OF graft and oppression,
Tie responsibility Of man. who. from
t1midiiy or lack OF Ciear think ms,
align Themselves with the protective
tariff policy cannot conceai the odium
OF such perveraion. Tcar ettor year The
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powsrALL cr nrrunLIcASrsn

Tho republican campaign this fall hna
deteriorated, rs far ns issues are ron.
cerDed, into u 4blind pool Secretary
BoDaparte, fresh from conference
with Presiden, Roosevelt, declaring that
the only issue is that The vo'crs blindly
elect n congress who will 10 eubeervicni
10 tho president lilo will Of tho voters.
through their representatives in con.
gress, on pending ieeucs Of tariff re %yiBiop,
protection 10 %lruste, cxiravagnDt
appropriations, the necessary amend.
men.e 10 The railroad rate regulation law
and other reforms, is to DO only what
the PRECEDENT eays. and he bhs declared
ho fayors n Stand pat policy. Tho 70
publican party has come to u pretty pass
when one man power 10 the ISSUE, and
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To study educational sys,ems.

Arson Phelps Stokes, Jr., secretary
of Yale university. has left for an OK.
tended EurcrnAh trip. not returning
to this %couh.rr before July. At both
Berlin nnI oxford universities he will
attend Lectures, studying tho olnca.
tional systems.
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snIn Amnrch InynIld.

The Chain man Mine & Electric Com
pany, a Colorado corporation, has en-
tered suit in the District Cour, at Reno
against the Nevada Consolidated Copper
Company. a Maine corporation, to RI
cover all Its enormous properties in Fly,
which are alleged to have sold to- the
Nevada Consolidated ahout n year ago.
The stockholders claim the sale was
invalid. Tho property consists Of the
Chairman group Of six copper claims,
said to be worth SD ,00l; tile Chain
man millsite in Ely, width SlCO,OO tn"
Chairman electric lighting plant, sup
plying light and power for Ely and
Lame City, valued Mt $780, 00, and the
telephone line running from the Ely to
Eureka, valued at at $1,000. The
Nevada Consolidated COMPANY q con-
trolled by the Guggenheims, ami is be.
level to own the biggest copper de-
post in the world. ITS market value
is SIS, 100000. The Chairman was
operated unsuccesstully rs II gold and
silver mine, its owGers being ignorant
Of the fact that they had part OF u
mountain OF copper.
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The Best Shoes,

D%ouglGa shoes for men aud women
mud other mnl,cs Of lirst clnsa too; wear.
Sold by 4. T.. MAuK, Tho Slror Sinp.
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-05-28
GAUNTLET is
ON The OCEAN
Little 20 Foot SailbOat With Local
Bride Aboard Is On Her
Way to Bermuda.

On the high seas in a little twenty
eight foot sailboat is not. the most
desirable place to be during a storm,
but from all accounts the little Gaunt-
let, with Mrs. Thora Lund Robinson,
her husband and two men on board,
are well on their way to Bermuda.
Mrs. Robinson, as told in Saturdays
NEWS, is a Perth Amboy girl and
there is no little interest in this city
as to the outcome of the venture.
All yesterday the Lila, dismasted,
and, therefore, the most pitiful of all
marine objects, swung at her anchor
in Gravesend Bay off the Brooklyn
Yacht Club. The Tamerlane lay a
hundred yards away uninjured and
ready at an instant's notice to COM
a new race with the Lila as
soon as the latter's new mast is fin
ished and stepped. The little Gaunt-
let, which was reported as having
returned and anchored in the horse
shoe shortly after the accident to the
Lila, evidently went on to sea about
her business. The last seen of the
Gauntlet by the observer at Sandy
Hook was at twenty minutes to six
on Saturday abeam of the
lightship. At that time she was
standing off shore and was making
good weather of it.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-05-28
BROWN CLAIMS LAND
is WORTH $4,000
Hearing in the Matter of the Short
Line Crossing Near Port
Reading.

NEWARK, May 2S.-Argument
was heard Saturday by Supreme
Court Justice Fort on a rule to show
cause why a writ of certiorari should
not issue, setting aside the award
made in February condemning to the
use of the New Jersey Short Line
Railway Company about five acres
of land near Port Reading and be-
longing to the A. d. Brown estate.
The award fixed the price at $10,-
900 without damages and William
M. Brown, the complainant, declares
the compensation should be 100000.
Justice Fort reserved his decision.
Among other things Brown sets up
that he was not properly served with
papers before the condemnation pro-
c~eedings, that the commission was
not formed according to law, and
that he was not made a party to the
proceedings.
The defendant railway company
proposes to construct an electric road
between Trenton and Elizabethport
across MiddleseX county and to form
a link in the road from New York to
Philadelphia upon which it is claimed
electric expresses will make 100
miles an hour.
Willard P. Voorhees, and Freder-
ick Weigel were counsel for the COM
pany and Ephraim Cutter for Brown.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-05-28
IN JUST ONE YEAR.
San Francisco TO Arise from Its
Ashes a City Beautiful.

CHICAGO, May %. = "Within six
months the new San Francisco, with
its wide driveways and handsome
buildings, will be well advanced" said
Architect Daniel II. Burnham. "In a
years time it will not be easy to
lind a trace of the devastation left by
the earthquake"
Mr.. Burnham has just returned from
San Francisco. He was called there by
the committee of citizens'that had been
instrumental in inducing him two years
before to prepare plans for a model
system of driveways, parks and public
places. Former Mayor Phelan was
chairman of the committee.
1.-THE new city," said Mr.. Burnham,
twill radiate from the city hall and
that locality. One of the beneficial
effects of the earthquake was the de-
structiOn of the old city hall, an IN
congruous structure that could not be
made to conform to any possible sys-
tenn of plans for the Identification Of
the city.
''San Francisco of the future will be
the most beautiful city on the con
tinent, with the possible exception of
Washington"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-05-28
PRES. CASTRO
ADVOCATES.
VenezueIa'S Old Time Ruler Re-
tires to Private Life Offering
TO FatherIand.

CARACAS, Venezuela, May 2S.-On
the anniversary of the restoration,
when as Il victorious general he enter
ed Venezuela at the head Of his army,
former President Castro has published
here a proclamation entitled IAN Offer
ing to My Fatherland." announcing
that he has decided permanently to re-
tire to private life and sacrifice his
personality to save his party and the
nation from fatal consequences aris-
ing through the ~iealousies and passions
fomented by the prohibition of the
spontaneous proposition of the press
and public to demand his return to the
presidency.
He expresses gratitude to his friends,
who have been frustrated in their loyal
efforts, and announces that he will
fulfill his constitutional duty of perser-
vering in his abdication of power sent
to congress.
He adds that he will always be at
the service of his country in case of
unexpected international complications.
Public sentiment is astounded, and
already there are rumors Of a popular
manifestation to demand his return to
power.
Cipriano Castro has been for twenty
years a prominent figure in the politi-
cal life of Venezuela. Rumors of his
retirement from the scene of his ac-
tivities have been in circulation for
months. and when last April he relin-
pushed the reins of government to the
vice president, General J.. B. Gomez,
doubt was expressed in some quarters
as to whether he had really given up
the presidency for good and all. The
that he has announced his deter
mination to retire permanently from
the political arena has caused a sensa-
ton here.
Castro was born in the province of
.apacho about fifty-one years ago.
His first and greatest military achieve
ment was the overthrow of Morales in
the battle of Capacho, which was
in 1856.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-05-28
FOR APRIL
Details of Last Month as Issued by the At
lantic Bureau.

According to the monthly report of
the State Weather Service for April,
just issued, the weather of April,
1906, was, on the whole, pleasant
and very much more agreeable than
that of the preceding month. There
was a large amount of sunshine. The
average temperature averaged about
two degrees above the normal, and
was the highest that has been record
ed in April in a period of ten years.
Frosts we're frequent during the
month, but their effects were not SER
ious.
The precipitation, for the state at
large, was slightly above the normal
A favorable distribution was secured
In the northern districts, where the
monthly amounts were considered
greater than usual.
The monthly average temperature,
51.2 degrees, was 81 degrees above
normal and 1.3 degrees above the
average for the corresponding month
of 1905. The average precipitation,
3.64 inches, was 20 of an inch above
normal, and .76 of an inch above the
average for the corresponding month
of 1905. The average number of
clear days was ID; partly cloudy, TO-;
cloudy, 5. The prevailing direction
of the wind was northwest.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-05-28
CITY BRIEFS

The city roller was at work on
upper State street Saturday after
noon helping Contractor Sweeton out.
Games of Sunday baseball were
stopped by Patrolman Meshrow on
West Side avenue north of the
bridge and on the Central field neal
the end of Catharine street.
-Patrolman Meshrow was called
to 81 Huntington street yesterday
morning where a man and woman
were at 1oggerheads. No arrests were
made. .KE3a
"A break in the street at Smith
and Prospect streets has been report
ed to the authorities.
-Santanelli, the hypnotist, closed
his weeks engagement in Wilder
Hall Saturday night.
"A lost child found in a house
north Of school No. 4 was taken to
its home on Oak street by its mother
and an officer.
"A slight row between two men
took place on Elm street, but no n
was arrested. haloh oi4g1
=Patrolman Kozusko shot a dog
on Elizabeth avenHe;l and 'Patrolman
Wod shot one at the Brick house at
EagIeswood at theio request of the
dogs owner. "a gii2l9
-Patrlomen Whtwofth and A.
Jensen went to thea foot of State
street last night to- ARREST two sup
posed hoboes, but 1t Fwasrfound that
they were boatmen waiting for their
employer. @''AF
A moving picture show of scenes
in San Francisco VIII be given in
Wilder Hall tonight. @s"l
IA small wash6nte has occurred
where a section ofsthe ibulkhead on
Front street, just south of Market
street, collapsed. 1t MAJ been report
ed to the authorities.
The work of putting the con-
crete bottom along Madison avenue
was held up today because of the bad
weather.
Ralph Seaman, eleven years old,
of 26 High street, who was accident
ally shot in the groin over a week
ago by another boy at play, is now
beyond danger and will be able to go
out in a week or less.
A race will be held at Boynton
Beach Decoration Day between Mich
ael Schicker and Albert Newman.
The skiff Lurene, owned by L.
H.. ID. Gilmour, of Newark, was put
thlS morning Dy w. "A.
Belcher, who had charge of it. II
will be in the. Raritan Yacht Club
ace Wednesday. x
"A trim auxiliary yacht anchored
aa',pd- some distarlee' off the
RaritaTN Yscnt Club yesterday.
The peculiar actions of a boy
noticed lettering neal the Westmin-
ster caused a resident of that local
ity to report the fact to the police to-
day. The boy was thought to be
possibly a truant.
"A report was received by the
police this morning that a man had
been seen thrown out of a saloon at
High and Washington streets and
that his face was cut.
Prank Peters was taken to the
city hospital Saturday night with
burns on his foot sustained at the A.
s. g. Il. plant.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-05-28
Gan Explonion In Mime.

M0NONGAHELA, Pa, May 2S.-
Nine men were burned, two of them
seriously, in a gas explosion in the
mine of the Braznell Gas Coal COM
pany near Bentleyville shortly after
midnight. Crawford Linsey. the mine
boss, and James ~Mucklevaney, the fire
boss, are burned so it is feared they
will lose their sight. The explosion
came while the men were erecting a
fire wall to stop a fire that had started
from an unusual's heavy blast. The
mine was Immediately flooded to pre-
vent the fire spreading further.