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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-08-17
RussIs's Reign or Terror.

Russia is again confronted with a
carnival OF murder aud assassination.
a st. Petersburg dispatch Of the 18th
gives the following vivid description Of
existing conditions:
Tho wal Of terrorism winch the fight.
ing organic alton of the social revolution
lists declared immediately otter par.
Lament was dissolved Seems now to have
been begun in earnest. From all pnrts
Of the empire the telegraph brings the
same story Of attacks on police officials
Of all classes, accompanied in the major
ity Of cases by plumber. The Pollen re.
revolution lists are especially active.
There is Il veritable reigni OF terror
from the VisiuIa to the German frontier.
Almcst fifty cases Of assassination we're
reported Early last night. The Novoe
Vremyu today heads it's list Of murders
md other Grimes, @St. Bartholomew
Nilhi in Poland"
The resumption OF terroristic activity
on n lnrg e scale renders the task OF the
government more difficult and darkens
the proSpcc = ~ the present ministry in
accomplishing any thing III the direction
NJ nm umeliora:iun ~ the situation.
While for the moment the campaign nf
terrorists is bound to increase the re-
pulsion OF The more conservative public
opinion ngainst the wild excuses OF the
extremists, it il at the same time certain
the measures u repression which it is
claimed will III the enc drive public
sympathy back to support almost any
means OF relief. Some Of the dispatches
from Poland assert that the outbreak
wholesale arrests and repressions Of the
encouragement.
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FROM MONDAYS DAILY
Salmagundi.

Miss VerDio Jones leaves for rocatello
tonight 10 vioit her awr', Mrs. Igo.
Mrs. Ray Harris returned from tho
East Saturday afternoon. Ray will be
real good now
Guy Weathcrs camo down from Starr
Valley yesterday 10 take his brothers
place 10 the shoriH'a Office while the
latlor goes on a camping trip.
There will 100 II meeting of the jock.
ey Club at Attorney ilendcrson's Oficc
ut s o'clock this evening. a full attend.
anco IN requested.
Charley Roberts, the popular bar.
tender nj the Owl saloon, 10 down with
a severe attack OF appendicitis. lila
many friends hope 10 zoe him ont eoon
There will DO n special meeting NJ
ElkO Lodge No. 10, I y. o. f.. nj tho
Hall ut s O'Clock tonight. 4 foil
attendance is requested.
Tho hay crop ON the Cnrson Sink this
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FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY
Sa1maqundi

Prof. And crsun Is III the southern
part Of the county canvuRsmg for
pupils for the high school.
Mr.. +. NJ. Cook. arrived from Tex
icana. Texas, on No. 3 today. This ia
lis iirst trip to this part Of the world
ara he is some what surprised ut the hot
weather and the appearance OF the
country. flo came to stay however, and
says il other people can live here he
can. lilo is hcadcd for shelton, where
has friends.
The City Council Of Carson City has
made application to tho Pacific States
Telephone and Telegraph Company to
construct aerial cables through the
entire buincss section oi the town in.
stead Of the cnianglrd mass " wires nj
present used Tor ttlcphoning, # ~
understood TINT the council will tore a.
the demand mud acccp, no excuse for
delny.
MIR. and Mrs. s. NJ. Henley lrit on No.
3 today for Redl nds, California, where
they expect to cngage in business. Mrs.
Henley will go direct to Rcdlands aud
MIR. Henley will stnp in San francisco
to settle his insurance and will then
join Mrs. Henley. They takn with them
the best wishes Of a most Of friends for
their future success and happiness.
Charley Dohorty, tho North Fork
rancher, came in Sunday to get men
10 work IN the hay field. Ito fOund ono
and a,akcd him Ia several dollnrs worth,
Of clothes aud n little casl,. The man
showed up this morning, but skipped
out while Mr.. Dohcrty was hitching up
his team. a hunt WA ma H. for him
but no could o To fonnd.
Detective Gordon camc m on No. o
last night to investigate the recent car
robbery, but returned TO MontollO on
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-08-17
strlnaen, eerman Food Law.

After I had finished my beer. still
feeling thirsty, I called for some fruit"
said the tourist. But the waiter
SHOOK his head.
"'You won't get fruit and beer to
gether in Berlin. Herr he said.
"'Why not?' said I.
"It is against tn, '-w, Herr the
waiter replied. There is a law here
in Germany that no one is to be
served beer and fruit together. II a
re~staurateur breaks this law he loses
his license.
"'It is n good law tn, waiter added.
1T is based on good sound sense.
Beer and fruit don't mix. They are
bad for the stomach. Sometimes
they cause death
"Since hat tlme." the tourist ended.
Il have never mixed beer and fruit.
It. Is n strange idea, isn't 1t, to have
food laws like that? Suppose Presi.
dent Roosevelt should ' So a law for.
bidding the eating at .te same meal
OF Ice cream and lobster or mince pie
and plum pudding. What a howl
would go up, eh?"
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r RIDAY DAILY
Sa1magundi.

IL you want to rent II house, SEQ the
notice el SO where.
Miss Hattie Clark returned this morn
ing from Il visit to Carlin friends.
a big deal in Bullion mining property
was closed Wednesday in Eiko.3 Tie
particulars are not made public.
J.H. West, a pioneer of Reno, drop.
ped dead Wednesday evening while
talking to his sons wife. He was a
native OF Now York. aged rs years.
Tho story that Indy Hesketh, one Of
the Sharon heirs, was opposed to re-
building the Palace Hotel in San
Francisco in denied by Col. Kirkpatrick,
manager Of tho Palace before the big
quake.
Ii now looks ns IL Governor Pardee ia
beaten for n denomination. Congress.
man Gillette claims that he will be
chosen on the first ballot to load the
republicans of California to victory or
defeat,
The republicans Of Speaker Commons
distric! launched his boom for tho
presidency yesterday. "Uucle Joe" is a
dyed III the wool at md pattcr and | %
o'hor things is no bother than lis party.
Ills boom will live a few months and
then peter out.
Thomas Fitch, oDce-in The long ago
congressman from Nevada and son.
ator in embryo from half a dozen Wee.
tern states, ter r,orics and tho islands OF
the sea, Inns b1bbrd up again. THIS
tino he is IN Phenix, Arizona, where
no declares he will make his pefman.
cnt residence
Governor Sparks, and tho members
Of his stat, who took part in the 4th Of
July celebration Mt Tonopah, hive
presented Col. II. S. Day a beautiful
gold medal IN commcmoration OF his
services on TINT day.
Tho people OF Ely arc making big
preparations to celebrate tho advent OF
tho railroad into their town. Ihore1l
be big doings in Ely on tic 9Th OF Sept.
ember and the Editor Of the iSpFpEND.
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Esr has received an invitation TO be

ESr has received an invitation TO be
present.
Again we urge the voters OF the coun,
ty TO register. Under tho naw law, the
voter must go personally to he registry
agent and answer the questions prescri-
bed by the legislature. Ycu must do
this before 6 o'clock OF the afternoon Of
September 9th or you cannot vote.
The refusal Of Governor Sparks to
again be a candidate for the office he so
worthy ills leaves the light open Tor
all who wish to be governor. Among
those mentioned for the position are
Attorney General Sweeney, Controller
Davis, tate!Treasurer Ryan. Senator
Miller, Senator Hunter and others
whoes namas we do not recall. While
either Of these would be acceptable TO
the party, there arc others who would
make excellent records as governor.
Among these ia Hon. Gsorge Russell Of
Elko. He has stuck to the party
through thick and thin and would make
an excellentgovernor,
The Deseret Farmer states that il is
II good plan to disc NJ alfalfa field
thoroughly after the first crop of hny is
cut uud follow the disc with the smooth
ing harrow. a field OF alfalfa which
was thoroughly disce1 early in the
spring has this year yielded % per cent
more hay without irrigation than u field
alongside which was irrigated three
ti9mi. Excessive irrigation carries
much valuable plant food u of the
roach Of the crops and for this reason
the Deseret Farmer udvisss farmers TO
cultivate more and irrigate less.
Not long ago n Japanese war vessel
stoppe ! ut Cork and a number of sailors
were given shore leave, They we're to
be seer everywhere, being objects Of
great interest. 1t happened that the
same day II country woman was in Cork
seeing the sights and for the first time
cav a native OF the mikado's land. AL
Japs looked alike to her and after she
had observed a street car half filled with
them, she exclnimed: HGlory be, but she
was a wonderful woman that had all
thin sons. Everywhere seen him this
day and they have all the same faces on
thin, the little craytures."
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FROM TUESDAYS DAILY.
Salmagundi.

Charley Roberts il some better today.
steve Henley is in from Lamoillr.
lie it Il OF the sufferers by the San
Francis co fire and although his property
n insured for $500 his policies IN.
fortunately are in two six bit com.
Danics.
Constable McAdams, the Carlip angel,
came up this morning. When asked
what no knew he sud that he knew
everything. but when cross questioned
he knew nothing. However, he showed
u disposition to leara something by
subscribing for the INDEPENDENT.
Pedro Vavnlo, another Of tho escaped
convicts, was captured ycster lay morn.
ing noar Glenbrook, Black we'll il tho
only one Of the trio ut lnrge. Vavalo
WIS undrmed and did not resist capture.
lie in now snfcly lodged in tho pen.
IL in reported on seemingly good au.
~thurity tia, the railroad civil engineers
while working nj the Tula dixie near
Calicnto encountered IL bed Of ice, the
extent of which ~ unknown. The ice
is not clear enough Tor tablo use, but
could DO used for refrigcratmR pur-
puscs.-CnlicDte Iodc.Eypress.
a brick trust with fourteen plants has
been organized in tho Central and
Western stntcs aud. will jump up prices
Ia increase their already largo profits.
Tho coffin and cradle trusts arc still
doing business Mt the old stands and all
nro protected IN p%lundcrinR tho people
through tho tariff which fosters them.
Yet the republicans have determined
to continue Ia atand pat.
Tho Canadian goyorn mo II, to- prcvcGt
tho "dum ping" Of American trust
products especially those Of tho Steel
trust. Inns Increased tho tariff duty on
any product cold cheaper thoro than
~ tho country irom which II IL export.
cd. Yet tho republicans have been
trying 10 mako the voters believe TIM,
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FROM THURSDAYS DAILY
Salmagundi.

Judge Mack Of Reno was a passenger
on No. 3 today.
Gee, il was l02 in the sl:alc in the cd.
itor's corner in this Office Mt l:3O this
afternoon.
The Carson News says that Judge
Hawley vigorously denies the report
hat President Roosevelt has asked
him to name his " successor.
y wind st Irm this afternoon moved
Nevada rell estate toward Utah ut a
lively puce. The storm was u "peach-
srino' as Senator Hunter would say.
II government purchased 80 900
ounces Of silver yesterday, 993 fine at
G5.62 cents TN ounce. Bids Tor silver
will he received every Wednesday by
The treasury department until further
notice.
Tho l.. j. Winter mantcl CO., Jewellers
are prepared to do.repairlng at the most
reasonable rates mt their place Of bust.
ness, Engraving FREQ OF charge on all
articles sold.
We have received a commission from
Governor Sparks rs Il delegate to the
irrigation congress- to be held Mt Boise,
Idaho. While we appreciate Tue honor
conferred, il will DO impossible for us to
attend to the. duties Of the position.
IL ia too Ear to walk and too long n time
to 90 without food or drink.
Tho Philippine currency is again
under discussion in consequence OF the
rise III the price Of silver. which Inns
led to the withdrawal Of the silver peso
from circulation. Our republican
states men seem utterly unable 10 leg
islate OF Philippine matters, eithe Oh
the monsy question or on the tariff.
Why notgive tue Filipino n square dealP
The board OF pnrdons yesterday de.
MED tho petitions Of Tony Christie and
james Sub'p for pardons. They were
convicted ~ holding up Il saloon in
Reno mud robbing Ex.ShcriT iIn, cs and
others, who happened to be IN the
saloon Mt tho time. Both men claim
they aro innocent and Ex-ShcriG liaycs
and others just ms earnestly contend
that they are guilty.
Last Friday the delayed castbound
fact mail made n remarkable run from
| Sparks to Carlin. The average for the
entire 2SS milcs was nearly q mile a
minute. Tho li3 miles from Sparks 10
Mill CITY wac made III Ii5 minutes.
Over portions Of the road Engineer
Abbay sent the Inst mail along Mt n
speed exceeding 100 miles nh hour.
Justice Jewell oi Palisndc came ID
this morning and returned on No. 3.
lilo held Matson, who stabbed Nelson
at Palisadn last week., TO appear before
tho Eureka county grand jury on the
charge Of assault with intent to kill and
fixed his bonds Mt $500. In default Of
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MANY YEARS OF LABOR LOST
Odd Experience Of a Man Who Once
Wrote a Book,

Odd Experience Of a Man Who Once
Wrote a Book.
II have been told" said n man OF
experiences, that It Is not unusual
for men to spend much thought and
toll over inventions of one sort and
another, only 10 find when they took
IL 20 things to Washington to be pat.
g that the same ideas had long
be been worked out by somebody
else and that patents had already
beer Issued on them. had that OK.
perience, once, with a book.
IL spent fourteen years, once, writ.
Ing n book and I had It all but com
pleted. And then n day, stopping
Mt n secondhand book stall, | picked
up from among a lot Of books offered
at i've cents each one that bore a title
In the very words that I had decided
upon for the title Of my book; and the
opening sentence In this book was al.
most Identical with that In my own.
Somebody else had had tho same
Idea that I had worked over 80 long,
and had written and published n book
about II nifty years before"
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Future Rested on Toss Of Coin.

C~ongressn TN Gillespie of Texas.
whose resolution asking for informa.
ton concerning the community OF in.
terests of tho Pennsylvania, Baltimore
and Ohio and Other roads was passed
by the house, IS said to have gone to
congress the first time on the toss of
n coin. He is from the twelfth district
and first served in the ifty-eighth con.
gress, There were three candidates
for the nomination. Several thou.
sand ballots were taken. Finally It
was decided to break the deadlock by
the toss of a coin. The third man was
eliminated on the first toss OF a coin.
The third man was eliminated on the
first toss and Gillespie won the sec.
ond toss and the nomination.
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III :. s ;':!''!

between the 2Ith Of July and the 18Th
OF August there we're stolen from The
Ounphy Estate field on Maggie Creek,
live head OF saddle horses.
DEscRIpIIoN:-One gray horse very
proud and SNOWY under saddle, weight
between 1900 and 1900. One sorrei,
points OF ears frozen of. would be
termed crop cared. Three bays-one
has email white spot on forehead and
left eye weak and generally watery.
Another bay has white spot ON fore
head, white spot on nose, front ankles
eighty stalked. The o:her is a bright
bay with small white spot in left eye.
All the horses are branded L s on lett
thigh as illustrated in cut above.
A reward of $3.50 win be paid for the
return OF all the horses and 300 will
alec be paid for in Information leading TO
the arrest and conviction Of guilty
parties. Address all Information to the
DUNPHY ESTATE,
Beowaw", Nevada.
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No. 6 10 investigate the robbery OF a car
at that place yesterday. 1t is reported
thai trnmps held up u freight cur and
took, considerable clothing. Mr.. Gordon
will return tomorrow to investigate the
robberies that have occurred here re.
Gently.
The attention Of everybody is called
to the notice Of reward offered for the
recovery OF the horses stolen from the
Dunphy estate. Mr.. Fulkerson. the
manager OF the estate mt lSeowawe, is
determined to recover the horses and
capture tho thieves il possible. For
thus reason, he especially requests that
all officers md the people generally
horses. The 1859 reward will he paid
in accordan e with the noti e.
In a monastery in Ireland there is a
very curious collection OF knives OF
the sixteenth century, the blades Of
which have nn one Std the musical
notes to the Lcnediction Of the table, OF
grace before meat, and on the other
side the grace after neat. The set OF
these knives usually consisted Of four.
They were kept in IN upright case OF
stamped leather and were placed be.
fore the singer.
The anti. pass law rs it was finally
enacted allows railroads to give Tree
passes to congressman during the COM.
ing campaign and until Jan. l.. 1907.
In the meantime the election will he
over, u congress can repeal it alto
ge.her before the campaign Of 1865.
What n shnm this whole business is!
Every republi Fan congressman will be
riding around on free passes next fall,
crying out: " enacted an anti pass Iaw
We passed n railroad rebate bill. We
reformed abuses" The devil will get
his dues some day, but it takes n hard
and long continued struggle for the
people to be protected.
Charles Smith. better known as SLAP.
Ply" was found lead in his room at ron-
opah Monday afternoon. There was n
bullet hole through his body and his
head was beaten e Il pulp with nn nx.
a. +. Bell Of the Gilt Edge saloon and a
woman have been arrested for commit
ting the murder. The people OF Tono-
pah are excited over the many murders
committed in their city and they talk
Of forming II vigilance committee.
The State university will open for
business on Tuesday, September 4th.
No instit utiou learning on the Pacific
Coast or in the inter.mountain region
oilers better facilities for a thorough
education than does the uniycI sity Of
Nevada. Among the Inducements for
the young people q. Nevada to attend
their own university is the cost of living.
This is less than at any other univers-
ity west Of the Missouri river. For
further particulars SEQ the notice else
where.
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stonewaII Jaekson's Love Letter.

Great men hava nearly always com.
pretended the importance Of letter
writing as an accomplishment, n
many of them have made It a recrea.
ton and a resource In times OF stress
and mental tension. ind Stonewall
JACKSON, whose same stands as n
synonym for the life str ,nuous, wrote
letter. to his second wife (the first
one lived on'v fourteen months after
her riarriaE" to him). brimful OF ar.
dent love. iiy pet, my darling. nv
sunshine. ry little somebody, he
void call H.. this hrest being whose
lie vas sacrificed for his country
Exchange.
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Retaliation.

80 you had n grt,dgo against tho
jnnitor?"
"Yes. sir. And to get oven I pre-.
sentcd him with a box Of cigars my
wife gave me for a Christmas pres.
ent."
"Ah, that was cruel revenge"
"But he came back"
"IIo did?"
Eyes. he tossed the whole box in
tho furnace and the cabbage.staik
fumes cainc up tho register to our
fiat"
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Mo Joke 20 Him.

"My dear" said Mrs. stronge, "I'm
sure that our George Is thinking seri.
ously of matrimony."
well, ] only hope So" returned her
husband, with unusual spirit. az
wouldn't like any boy OF mine to re-
gard 1t as a joke."--Stray Stories.
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FROM SATURDAYS DAILY.
SalmaQundi.

.aH... NH VvfVNV Hill .
NJ Oxa,s want m Iieovnve this az.
,.r,oo, lie vii, return ON No. 1, to-
u,,bt.
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"e'' "'o. -. v" 49,
services "' 'ue ''S""r "'"'S " H"No
"r. ""'" tetntueu ''o"A o"' LaNo
ihe' n'eu' /" N'' o''
III"
The attention " republicans and 9th.
eHs 10 'h.eu '"e "o'''o VI euuceu
ra's :" i"n"PAh Oh DC % 'n' vi tue re-
Puo'''"" o'u'' ""Fen'"p'
"A stlrl, board is being Organized in
Rene. Twoa,v-live seats have already
heen taken by locnl and non resident
brokers.
Tho urinary election .h,s uf.erpoon
for delegate. To the democrnti. Slate
crrvep,,ou was , very lame affair Al
This wr;,;p, ,,,e "a s..,s IN n. M ~.
ts,es, t,kcr ,nd ,ey ~ .nv vo,oo ,,o
c,s,
ru,b, ,ho, I.L,,I uo,,ov - A. .m,
A.. ~ u.,,, u.,- 80
,cc;Ic,t,,Iv dr,.roL IN WoILa, ,oLo
No nortirn,,rs wo,o ,,iyou mo mn.
,,.,,, Lo, s,,oa,
Mrs. Mitchell receive a leiter from
M'ss Lrn Cra'ghead THIS morning stat
,oH 'u"' sue VA. ''S' A't''e' l" Now
' . WI N"' 0 ""o
"ou'' 'eui"'' 'io'o '"'ee W 'o"' "e'Ne'
Jesse r ,berts, Il prospector at Eust-
gate, Churchill county. committed
suicide in his tent Inst Saturday night,
by shooting himself. Considerable
mon y was 'oun" III ms clothc8 anu Tie
'o'"e'' 'n4"eS' ta''eu 70 'e'e" my
"''i'o ~ III su'c'ue'
Frank NJ. Edmunde, ND old Comstock.
er aud one OF Nsvada's best citizens Tor
many years. died euddunly at his home
In Butte City Thursday evening. His
Ftmain9 will be taken to Reno for
Miss Bertha Niemeyer OF Ycrrnpton
has been elected teacher OF matbematic.
in the hiuh school. the position for merly
held by Miss Porter. Miss Niemeyer il
a graduate OF the State university and ia
thoroughly qualified 10 teach the young
people who ntteud the high school. The
corls Of teachers il now CON plete.
Tho ~nrlicIes for the Cans Nelson prize
n.h, we- - signed in Goldtield Yesterday.
The pnrse will be divided-s2O 900 for
Nelson. win or lose md 80 O for Gnns,
fnrt.it ~ al nOo will hs. ros,. d nm -,
b,fn,e aurust IO,b. IN, tigh, v;u ,ok.
oIoco nm Ss,tambo- a.
-, ,aI L,"a, a- X.:
49," ~, ETasH. ,mS ,NH
WAS covered with mud and rookie for
nearly two miles. II required n steam
shovel to clear tho track. A freight
train was caught in the Hood. but escap.
I'll being washed away.
Mira. ". T. Coycv tLe Jiv~orceiw;fs u,
rho steal magnntc. lima left Reno md
will make her home in p%ittsburr.
Af,er she secured her divorce, she came
Ia the conclusion that the climate of
Reno was not suitable to the nerves OF
n divorced woman, although il was lust
the thing Tor the nerves OF II woman
seeking u divorce. It seems % be a
c'e"r case Vi oo'o'o anu "''e'
Governor John Sparks arrived on last
nights tram /" investigate the b
situhtioh mere fie VIII 20 to Goidheld
'oh'ght Tor the came purpose ana IN
V"nus 10 look carefully 'h'o all the con,
ui''ohs leading I" the present disturbed
situation 'here. oh rue result OF hls
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Postcards of Peat.

Postcards made OF Irish Peat from
the bog Of Allen formed one of the
features OF the Irish exhibit in Lon.
don.
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iSORS.

HUNT-fn EIko, Nevada August 10,
1906 to the wife Of S. r. Hunt a
daughter.
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McELRoY In Elko, Nevada August 10
1906, TO the wiin OF D. McEIroy a son,
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Prof.. And crsun is III the southern
part Of the county canvassmg for
pupils for the high school.