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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-02-02
TnInnnany Society.

Tammany was the heir Of the spirit Of
the Sons OF Liberty OF the Revolutionary
war. 1t was kin III some OF its purposes
Mt least to those who were then begin
ming the revolution in France. 1t WIS
enthusiastic in its support and approval
OF that revolution. Indeed a misty
legend has been handed down from gen.
GRAFTON to generation in the hall that the
suggestion came from Jefferson himself,
who, called from France to Washing
tons cabinet, was panied to see that
aristocracy. English in its impulse and
fostered by the Society Of the Cincin.
nall, was roofing itself so early in orr
national life. To crush that impulse, at
least to fctter it, Jefferson gave the hint,
and Tammany, with it's tomahawk, stood
facing lilo Cincinnati and its sword.
William Mooney, mn uphOlstcrcr, but
like many Oi tho mechanics ri that day
kccnly interested III pOliticn, suggested
that there he brought together in mn
association those who dreaded the arts.
tocraCy and who suspected that the
purpIc ot Hamilton was To- force the
government into something like q lin
it ii monarchy. Mooney found u good
many mechanics and merchants who
thought as no did, and go a COMMON
purpose, tho grouping impulse rather
than any cunning planning Of one man
Tor personal advancement, brought
some Of the ablost political aud per.
sonal foes OF Hamilton and Jay togcth'
or, and with some mystery Of Oatbs aud
ritual, tho pipe OF peace, tho fcathnr"d
headdrcss, even tho painted fncc and
lcathcrn costume, with wnmpuW for
its ornament, these men were bound
in association as the Tammuuy
society, or Columbian order.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-02-02

The petition Of the executors OF the
estate OF tho late Marshal Field asking
that his will be admitted to probate
was filed in the probate court OF Chica.
90 Wednesday.
In the petition the executors declare
that they were unable at the present
time 10 state the full amount OF the
property owned III Illinois by Mr.. Field
but they feel warranted in saying that
the personal estate is worth about $50
600, 900 and the real estate about go.
0O0, 200.
The executors declare that they are
willing to accept and undertake the
trust and ask That the hearing OF the
petition be set Tor February u or as
soon the GREATER ms the petition can bc
heard.
BESIDES tho amount given by tho
executors as the value Of the estate in
Illinois, MIR. Field was a large holder
OF property in New York and the cor.
poratiOn OF Marshall Field IL Company
has many factories and branch housce
in Europe and Asia, the value Of
which IL not estimated by the executors
III giving tho value OF tho cstato in
rOurt
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-02-02
Hartman Roads win Abolish G,..

There is to be no more exploiting gas
tanks, setting fire tc wrecked trans, and
destroying lie and property, so far ~
the Hartman roads are concerned. A0
order has gone to:th to- equip all mail
cars with axle motors just as soon rs
all other cnrs Will be equipped III the
same way MS soon ms it can be done.
This announcement came last evening
and will he good news to every trhimmun
and especially So To the mail clerks. The
mail car il the most fragile in the train.
NO chain is stronger than it's wcakrs;
link and this adngc applies two.fuld to
the ordinary mail train. This ear Ii II
mere shell rs compared with the others,
ana Is more frequently demolished than
any other. The gas sets tire to the
wreck and tons Of mail are DESTROYED, to
say nothing Of the terrible danger to the
trainman or maj clerk, who is So unfort
innate as Ia be caught III the wrcckage.
As 1t atcd above, tho mail ears are to
be equipped first. Motors will bc pro.
vIdcd, operated by the axle, which Will
generate electricity, which will bc
retained in storage batteries sufficiently
long to provide light while the train is
standing. 1t will be necessary to charge
the batteries before the train starts u
Oh its run. On the Union Pacific, where
the first cars are IN be equipped. this
work will be done at Council Bluff. and
after that the rotation " the axle will
keep the batteries charged.
There is a vagu" Tumur ai!pat that the
United States government had some
thing To do with the changing 81 the
lighting systcm, IN CcOrut Of the i'm
mcnsc amount OF mail destroyed yearly
by the burning OF cars through the *
plOsiOn 81 the gas tanks. Whether IT did
or not is not material. The fact remains
TINT the gas system has been a terrible
menace to life and property, and every
cmpioyc and patron Of the railroads will
welcome the change.
II is highly probable that the new
systcm will affect more than the ~ilarri.
man lines. Every grcat railroad system
has been battling with the Lighting
question for ycnra, with II view Of proyid
ing some system that would bc safe for
passengers aud employees. aud it IL safe
to say that tho nov scheme will he
adopted Oh all fhc roads ccDtcrIng in
Ogdcn.-Ogdcn Journal.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-02-02

Tie following Denver dispatch OF
January 3lst is Of interes; to stoclSmen:
With the merger OF the two rival
associations successfully accomplished,
national convention % stOckmcn resum.
cd its sessions today prepared to open a
vigorous campaign To- secure federal
legislation for regulation OF railroad
rates and for development OF foreign
trade. An agreement on the forest
reserve grazing tax question has practi.
cally been reached at conferences be
tween the stockmen and Chief Forester
Clifford PmchOt. \ feature OF the con-
ventIon today was IN address by S. II
Conan Of Fort Worth, Texas, on the
subject of railroad legislation.
At the opening of the morning session
President Murdo Mackenzie announced
his committee appointments.
j. VI. John Of Trinidad, Col delivered
an address on "Possibllitien OF Organl.
Zatior.7
At the conclusion OF Mr.. Johns adj
dress W. y Harris OF Chicago. spoke on
The Extension OF Foreign Markets
Tor Meat Products
An appeal vas made 10y John W.
Springer for a fund Of O,O0O to de-
fray expenses Of sending a committee
10 Washington TO secure legislation
favorable to the livestock interests. lie
suggested tina: the fund should be
subscribed in IL minutes and at the end
Of that period the subscription footed
up SIC, i25.
Frank j iIaSenbarth, former presi.
dent Of the National Livestock Associa-
ton, WAS elected vice president OF the
American National Livestock Associa
ton, the new organization. by acclaim.
ton.
\ new executive committee was after.
ward announced. y. J. "llarrcll was
chosen as the Nevada representative.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-02-02

Tho annual report Of State Treasurer
d. NJ. Ryan to Governor Sparks shows
that during the year ending December
81, 1905. the treasury handled in cash
the SUN Of 81 ,073, 5l5.SG. or this S39i,-
S36.G2 WIS the balance on hand at the
beginning Of the year, making the total
receipts from all sources during The
year, ~SGTS,G192i. The disbursements
were S723,29l.G3 leaving a balance on
hand Of s~350.22l."3.
During the year the ST tate purchased
Massachusetts and Nevada state bonds
for the benefit Of the school fund to the
extent Of 30,Ci6.S9; bonds for the
benefit Of the university funds were
purchased to tine amount of $500,
making the total school bond purchases
during the year. Sl~i9,33G.s9. ed To
the bonds already III the variou .duca.
tional funds this makes Il total OF
Sl,C9S, 700 all which is drawing interest,
which is used to defray the expenses
Of tue schools OF the state OF Nevada.
.: these bonds $4,000 are 3 and 81.
per cent issues OF the state OF Massachu.
sets: $4,000 are government 1 per
cent bonds and tho remainder are
Nevada state bonds bearing 1 and , per
cent interest.
According 10 the report of Treasurer
Ryan the total bonded Indebtedness of
the state is SGH3, 700, which debt was
contracted for state school md uni.
veEsity purposes. During the year Of
1903 the total BOND issue WAS but So.
900, which NILS for university PURPOSES.
Washoc county leads i'll the raymcnt
Of revenues of the state. During the
year Wnsboc paid to the state Treasurer
ST,l2l ,GS; Elko came second with SEQ.
398.35; Humboldt third with si7.7227 -,
Then came Lincoln, $25,l3S 10; Nyc
S-2,32S 90; Esmcralja, s2~I.iSi.jo; Lyon
~SlJ,JiS.S1 The order Of the other
payments were Churchill, Eureka.
Lander, Ormshy, Storey, DouIlas. and
White Pine, the latter paying but
S6,527S -
During the year the state received
from insurance licenses the sun Of
S7.i55 40; liquor licenses. SO. g %;
attorneys admission fees, S2CuJ; sale q:
school lands. $G5.9Sl -; ,schcnird estate,
sll193; incorporation fees. $liH,UIj.3G;
INDECENT insane fund. So, JGl 20; state
prison fund, so. gS2.SS.
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a. VI MONS

THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
1 Fourth Judicial District OF the State OF
Nevada. in and for the County OF Elko.
l.. l.. McMahau, Plaintiff, against North Belle
Isle Mining Company, Il Corporation, Defend.
ant. Action brought In the District Court of
the Fourth Judicial District OF the State of
Nevada, In and for the County OF Elko. and tho
Complaint tlcd in the Office of the Clerk OF said
District Court.
TIE State OF Nevada sends greeting to.
North Belle Isle Mining Company, a Corpora
tiou, defendant.
You are hereby required TO appear IN at
action brought against you 10y the above named
plaintiff ia the District Court Of the Fourth
judicial District OF the State of Nevada, In
ana for the County Of Elko, and to answer the
Complaint He'd therein. within ten days lex
cluStV" OF the dag Of service, after the service
On you OF this Summous-if served within this
County; or II served out OF this County. but In
this District, within twenty days; otherwise
within forty i~ays-ur Judgment by default will
b. taken against you according TO the prayer
of said Complaint.
The said action is brought To obtain n iudg-
m"nt and decree against you. tho said defend
ant corporation. declaring and adjudRinE that
you hav" no estate or interest whatever, IN or
10 iIc "IIOrUct" mining claim. situate Ia rus.
car"ra Mining District. EIlo County. Nevada.
.uI ;l.a; the title ~ the pIaiat!r IS good and
valid; that IN" adverse claim Of defendant b.
fully set forth and determined: that the de
PENDANT company, It's officers and agents and
employees be- forever cn!Oiuvd and dcba:rvd
from asserting any si"im whatever. Ia or to
said mining claim or premises. adversely TO
plaiutiU a. IL ROW does. AMI for such other
relief as TO the HoaorabIr Court shall seem
meet and agreeable 10 equity, said complaint
ALLEGES thar the plaintiff Is IL" owner Of, in the
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-02-02

While u News representative was
waiting this morning Tor tho arrival OF
tho bclatch express train hc took u look
through tho mint.
superintendent COlcord showed him
a sixth OF u million dollars worth 81
gold bullion that was being for wnrdcd
from the mint. III" yellow mctnl waa
~ bnrs almost too heavy Ia b" lifted
and was of varying dcgrrcH u iiurnces.
III some The god beng almost ~ u
minority, whiic other bars wcr" uImpg,
n thousand iino.
Tho best came from the COmbiuutiop
in GOldiicld. ono chunk "hcftcd- by
the reporter contained $4,000 worth Of
gold valued ut u fraction u"cr 22O.JO an
ounce. probably Tic richcst bur Tor lis
eiz" that over came from n stamp mill.
During the hrie' wait ut the mint
the writer wns privileged to scc two
pots Of bullion poured INTO the mnlda.
lot, and II didn't look unlike u
couple 0f pounds 81 molten iron, VIVA
valued at 10000 and the other weighed
slJ, OOO.-Caraon Move.
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monopoly. The we'll known and enter
prising watch merchant, Charles A.
Keene, discovered how to beat the
watch combine 10y going to Europe and
buying American watches, there for
more than one-third less than be could
buy them Of the manufacturers here for
the same grade and work.
There is a tariff tax of 40 per cent, nd
valorem on watches, but American made
watches that have been exported are
readmittcd free OF duty, so all Mr..
Kcone had to pay was the freight and
some profit to the foreign watch mer.
chant who had originally bought them
here. The TACT that he could sell these
watches that had been exported and
theu rcimpcrted at oue-third less thar
other merchants were selling the same
brand Of watches for shows how much
less they were sold for export than is
charged for them here. As there are
but few watches imported the tariff
tax WIS evidently imposed Tor the sole
benefit Of the American manufacturers
who thus collect the tax by charging
the American people more than they do
the foreigner
Watches are only II OF u long list Of
articles that are sold abroad cheaper
than in this country, but the republicans
who control congress refuse to even con-
slider n revision OF the tariff bill that
allows such plunderlng Of our own
people. Before election some republ;.
can congressman talk OF revising the
tariff, but never vote TO do it, the tariff
will never be revised in the interest
OF the people until n democratic major.
ity is elected in both houses OF congress
aud Il democratic president is in the
White House to sign the bill.
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~; VI MONS.

IL THE DISTRICT COURT or THE
1 Fourth Judicial District 81 ~" stat" 81
Nevada. iu and for the County Of Elkn.
l. I. MrMauau. pla.u'tr. against navajo Mir.
H. Company. ntnrpartiiuu. defendant. Action
brought IN thr Dl~'riu; Court "f the Fourth
judicial District Of 'ho -tnir Of Scyadn. In AMI
for IA" County ~ Ellp. and the Complaint nI,I
tn "a" oalco N ~" clerk u said District Cour'.
n" stat" Il Nevada sends greeting to-:
N"TnJ" Mi-tHs Company. = Corporation, d.
PENDANT.
You ARE hereby required to appear In an
action brought against you 10y IA" allow"
named p~!aiLiin IN the District Court ~ IL"
Fourth Judicial District 81 the State 81
Nevada. 10 ana Tor III" County Of Elko. aud To-
answer the Complaint nl,d therein, within ten
days, lrNClu~ly" OF IA" day Of s~rrVIr"J after thr
service on you OF this summons. II served
within this County; or II served out Of this
County, but In this District, within twrnty
days; "th,rwis" within forty days-or ludl.
men, los default viii nc taken against you
according {" TIA" prayer oi said Complaint.
II" action is brought 10 obtain N" sum ~
:5.Ny' - du" from you, IA" said defendant cor
p~orlti"n, tu plaintiff, "a account az that certain
employment whereby ~plaiuiir was employed
IS superintendent OF the navajo Mine
and navajo Mil At Tuscnrura. brtw cen
IA" 18th day OF August. \. u Ie,s.
and tn" 18Th dny 81 December. A. H..
Igni, the services Tor said employment being
reasonably worth Ia" sum 81 m ljDi Dnllnrs
per month, also Tor s5lI u, Ia" amount paid ny
said rlHiniin drrIug said employment rs taxes
on said Sayajo Min" aud Mil. said employ
mont ani taxes being AZ IL" special i%nstnnC"
and request Of the defendant corporation, D."
part Of which has been paid except the sum
81 il.l7lUH.
Ana you are hereby notified that II you fan
to appear and answer said complaint; as nhnv"
required, the said rlaiutIr viii take Judgment
against you for the sum OF ij.hy' II. and for
costs Of this suit.
Given under my hand and "a" seal Of IL"
District Court ~ the Fourth judicial District
Uf the state ~ Nevada. IN and Tor
IShhLI the County Of Exc, this fIfth day
dny of January, IN tho year OF our
Lord, 1901.
\ q. DhWLEY, CLERK.
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Tho LATEST nan in Kansas was sitting
under u tree pulling his corncob.
~Why don't you start cutting down
your cornE- Intercepted the stranger
on the slate. cOlOrcd mule.
"Too much trouble, pard,' drawlcd
tho lazy man. "I'm waiting Tor n storm
to come and blow 1t down."
"Wcll, why don't you chop up some
aook77
"Whht's tho ugc? Got n horseshoe
stuck in the wOodpilc 80 the lightning
will etrit" il and mako kindIing wood
out OF it all in n second
"Ihcn why don't you prepare din.
ncr?-
"roo tired. Wait till a cyclone comes
along md blowe Nil the feathers Off the
chickens, 50 ] wont havc to bother
picking them"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-02-02
OBJECT LESSON SHOWS.

The following from an cxchangc show
how the American people are robbed by
tho present tariff law:
AT No. 1S0 Broadway, New York city,
a large placard covering the whole up.
per part of tho store window, told the
passing throng rs follows:
GREAT PROTECTION SALE
WALTHAM AND ELGIN WATCHES
bought in England CIIEAP PER THAN
IN AMERICA and brought Back Ia
Uudersell This Market, CHARLES 4
KEENE'
Here was another PROOF Of the claim
long made 10y the democrats TINT Amcri
can products nre being sold cheaper to
foreigners than TO our w people,
under the plundering tariff that the
republicans have enacted TO protect
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-02-02

inspection over the compan!'s lines.
The nov i'll the Sierra Nevada mount.
ans has frozen hard said Mr.. Jones.
and "A peculiar condition exists. At
Summit for instance, where there is
fourteen feet 81 suow. We have to pump
water for the engines from IA lake.
This lake is used for Il supply all the
Year round, AMI the company has u
syphou connected with il. During the
dry spell tine water got so low that We
could no longer use the syrhoD. and Il
pump was installed. Although the re-.
cent storm piled lots oi snow in the
mountains the snow frozc 80 hari that
the water supply i'll the AXE WIS not re-.
pirnishcd, and WE still have To- use the
EMBELLISHMENTS Bee.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-02-02

My Prison" the record of ten years In
the dungeons Of Venice and Spivlburg.
brought him To the hearts OF romantic
women. while G~aribaldi's simplicity
and gallant sinrlr.mindcd pursuit of
the freedom of Italy, together with Il
strong personality. caused his simplest
sayings 10 be banded about from
mouth to mouth, and quoted with n
fcrvor never bestowed upon the In.
spirod "UttcranCCs Of Biblical charaC.
tiers. lie who bends his back too low
may find 1t hard 10 straiGhtcn again"
was written In half the "Commonplate
Books Of England in 1854.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-02-02

According to Railway and Locomotive
Engineering, j. \. Peabody, signal ell
gineer OF the Chicago * North western
Railway, has investigated the cost OF
stopping certain trains on the Chicago
II Northwestern Railway, and caused
others to make similar Investigations on
other western railroads. The cost OF
stopping Il train Of so tons, and return
ing 1t to u speed OF fifty miles an hour,
he found to be ~ cents The cost Of
stopping a 2,0OLton train from thirty.
tive miles an hour he estimated tu he
one dollar. Another road estimated each
stop OF a six.car passenger train from
forty.five miles an hour to be 80 cents
and Tor a l,500-tOn freight train from
fifteen miles AN hour Mt Sc ccuts. The
time lost for making IA stop on Il
straight. level track was estimated at
40 seconds. The aggregate OF this
extra cost for stopping trains is ccnsid.
cradle and the possibility OF saving this
expense is worthy OF more consideration
than it has ever received. Many cx.
pensive Investigations are made OF
things that have no money saving posi-.
bilitics
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4 correspondent asked Judge for the
following Information regarding the
Panama canal:
will you kindly give mc a few facts
about the Panama canal? How DO they
estimate its cost? How far nave they
got with it? How long will it take to
finish il? What are some Of the dan
gers to be expected from it, and any 9TH
er interesting Information you may be
able to give me? {. T."
To which Judge replied rs follows:
lane OF dark-brown water extending
from the city OF Panama to the city OF
Colon. 1t is situated at present largely
in the fertile brain OF Secretary Taft aud
President Rooseveli; but there is "a
chalk-mark across the republic OF Pana
ma, showing, where It is to be located in
the bright and glorious future. h re-
public OF Panama, rs you know, is the
strip OF land which seeded in order to
contain the canal. As it is only about
us luTkt tS iuC DluGC tilh OhN WI NAS
canal, it is believed that, when the water
is turned into the canal, it will make
the republic Of Panama Il very Hue coun-
try for ducks.
The cost nf the canal WAS estimated i'll
the following manner: Mr.. Wallace
went to a certain point and removed
several yards OF earth, and thea figured
about how much it had cos him. EST.
mating how many yards remained, it
was easy to arrive Mt the total cost. He
then rcsigred. The work has progressed
quite rapidly since then, and Sl0, COO, 900
worth OF the canal is already finished.
Some think it will only cOst three OF
four hundred millions more. 1t has
not been decided yet whether to make Il
lock or a sea level canal. The better
way appears to be to go or and finish i;
and determine this matter afterward.
The lock method would carry it over the
would require some very deep cuts;
hence Mr.. Shonts has already begun to
severely cut salaries.
The climate is a great obstacle, and II
Is said TINT it would be cheaper either
to move tho canal to a pleusanter eli.
mate, or construct sort OF movable,
collapeable climate and take it in to
Panama. \ ieS hundred millions would
be ample To pay the whole expense OF
building and shipping a good climate To-
Panama. The greatest danger that may
be expected to follow the completion OF
the canal, III case they make it a sea.
level affair, will be this: The Pacific is
about fort! feet higher than the Atlantic.
Now, il you let forty feet OF the Pacific
ocean into the Atlantic, you can guess
the answer Yourself. To synchroniZa
the oceans would be very expensive
Pile up forty feet of water i'll New York
bay and you are ON to see the stock
III Wall street get wet. Ever, thing in
the way Of securities will float and go,
will see a floOd-mark on the beautiful
building at 2G Broadwa Hudson
River ferry boats would sail from tn,
Flatiron building to the birthplace d
''''ci SltNcIhiiu, duioIS ulc IdluWtl
Mountains.
The only other interesting thing to bC
said Of this isthmian dream is tliat il
will be realized in good shape. The
American people are 'sot7 on the prop
~ositiOn and President Roosevelt is push
ing it, and Mr.. Taft went down ant
looked 1t over, and he says it can be did
And what Mr.. Taft says has weigh.
with us.
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4 Abdul. Way.

Abdul iIamid insists upon il that
ovcry ruler or other political parsonage
should die Il natural death. Other
manners of death ARC not "rccoyniZcd-
officially in Turkey. When King Hum.
bert wus assaasinatcd Mt Monza tho
Turkish newspapers announced this
sGd event in the following form: "King
iIumhcrt left the hall amid the frantic
cheers OF the people. Tho king, much
affected. bowed several timce and to
all appearance was immediately dead
When the late shah " Persia was ms.
sassinatcd tho Turkish papers said:
"ln tho afternoon the shah drove to his
summer palace and there complained
~ illness. Ills corpse vas ncnt Ia
Tchcran.' Ono papcr, however. exceed.
ed 6ll Others in simplifying" the piece
OF news by publishing this abaurdity:
"Tllo sinh folt a little i'll, but finally
his corpse returned To- the palace"
This phrase was too much even Tor The
Turks, who have retained il 10 this day
as II Of their Pre- scrba.-Dundeo
Advertiser.