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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-19
FOR $500, 900 MONUMENT
Steps Toward Erecting One in Memory
Of Steamboat Inventor.

New York, jar 19.-Several prominent
men met yesterday to form an association
to perpetuate the memory OF Robert Full
ton, inventor of the steamboat.
1t is proposed to do this by erecting a,
monument to cost about 100000. raised by
popular subscription. Steps toward in
corporation were taken.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-19

Because. in one day of ten hours.
yecently the almshouse barber at Beth
nal Green, London. shaved 23O men,
there Is some talk OF raising his wages
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SIOUX CITY CHOSEN.
Iowa Marble and Granite Dealers I,
Meet Here Next.

Des Mo.nes. Ia. Jan. 19.-Sioux City wAc
selected by the Iowa marble and granite
dealers as the place for their next annual
meeting which will convene on the third
Wednesday in J%anuar. of next year.
About fifty dealers are attending the az
ISOLATION now in session here
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-19

For the saving of would be suicides.
the municipality of Rome has decided
to employ police motor cars on the
Tiber,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-19
AN DOMINGO TREATY..

San Domingo, Jan. IA treaty of peace
hetwecn the insurgent generals at Monte
Christi. and the government was signed
yesterday on board the American crusier
Yankee,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-19
Liberal Victories in England
Grow With Astonishing
Rapidity. ..-..
CHAMBERLAIN WINS OUT
He and His Candidates in Birmingham
Make the Only Appreeiable Break
on the Onsweep Of the
Liberal Party.
London. Jan. 1s.-The result of
the elections to date follows: Lib.
erals, 1879; %unionists, 70; irish ma
tionaiists, Sc; Iaborites, SO.

London. Jan. 2O.-The liberal tide is
rising faster than ever today as the
flood Of returns cones in from yester-
days elections in the counties. Four
teen more conservatives seats have
been captured while the unionists can
only record a victory in one division,
which is more than counterbalanced
by labor gains in Sunderland and War
wickshire.
Well known unioni=t" like William
st. John Broderick, former secretary
OF state for India; Henry Chaplin, for
mer president of the local government
board, and Ailwyn +. Fellows. former
president of the board OF agriculture,
having been overwhelmed By the liberia
avalanche.
Among the new members. interesting
to America, is DR.. Stopford w. Brooke,
former Unitarian minister Of Boston,
Mass, who captured the Bow and
Bromley division (London) in behalf of
the liberals.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-19
chamberlain a Winner.

The most prominent feature OF yes
tcrday's election returns is the wholly
unexpected stan% made by Birming-
ham,. Not onl:- were all of Joseph.
Chamberlain'S seven candidates re-
turned, but MI. Chamberlain himself
secured a majority of 5000. while the
majority of others averaged 5000.
Even allowing that the liberal can
didateS were not very strong, as the
seats were practically uncontested at
the last general election. and though
the liberal organization was not as
good as i'll other parts of the country,
the results at Birmingham are of the
highest Importance. They prove the
groundlessness of the liberal conten-
ton that this general election has
killed the fiscal agitation for q genera
ton to come. Besides showing the,
unabated confidence of Birmingham in
Mr.. Chamberlain, the results there go
also to conform with what already has
been noticed in isolated. contests. that
the candidates who openly pressed pro-
tectionist leanings had good support
and in some cases were victorious.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-19
EUROPE PROFITS :
BY GREAT FRAUD
immigration to America Il
Contrary to Law and
Morals. --.
THIS is THEIR
thousands Sent Here to Make None,
That 1t May Be Used to RepIen.
ish the Efete Countries of
Eastern Hemisphere.

Washington, d. c., Jan. 20.-Secre-
larry Metcalf. of the department of
commerce and labor. has sent to the
house the report OF Special Immigrant
Inspector Marcus Braun, dealing with
the character of immigrants coming to
this country and the attitude of Eu-
ropean governments upon the matter.
Mr.. Braun declares he has incon-
1rovertiblc evidence that while the
try who are legally inadmissable be-
cause of disease is diminishing, immi-
grants inadmissable for other reasons
are constantly brought into the coun
try in large numbers by the concerted
action of some European governments
and steamship agencies, by bankers
and schemers of all sorts.
He declares that While these govern-
ments have laws ostensibly intended to
restrict emigration, instead OF doing
this they actually encourage it by keep
ing alive the patriotic spirit for the
fatheriand in the minds Of these col
onists'' by representing that unless
they adhere to the principles of ho1ne
patriotism their governments would
leave them without protection in bar
barrie America. This is particularly
true. Mr.. Braun says, in Italy and Hun
gary.
Just a Get Rich Place.
He asserts that these countries regard
this country in the attitude of adjuncts
of colonies of their own and by their
Instructions and teachings to immi-
grants benefit accrues to the home gov
eminent to the detriment of this coun-
try. He cites the fact that $50, O00, 900
was sent last year from the United
States to Austria-Hungary alone from
these immigrants.
Not a single promise which the new
Hungarian immigrant law guarantees
wildering spectacle says Mr.. Braun,
of hundreds upon hundreds of agents
licensed by the Hungarian government
carrying on and conducting an almost
unheard of campaign to get emigrants
laws
These laws. he says. are nothing but
a farce and systematic violation is IL
censed and privileged by the Hungarian
government.
Mr.. Braun her takes up immigration
from Turkey, Asia Minor and Syria.
Speaking of the Armenians, he says
that they have invented II scheme
whereby they cam stay in Turkey and
at the same time defy the Turkish laws.
This scheme consists of Il large num-
Der of Armenians emigrating to the
United States and as soon as they have
earned sufficient money for their needs
they return, supplied with American
citizenship papers, and are continually
c%onspiring against the Turkish govern
ment under the protection of American
citizenship.
The same is true in Syria and Pales-
fine.
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Washington. Jan. 2O.-The. United
States Leads the world both in present
mileage and recent growth OF it's rail-
NrayS 5s az- Es
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-07-27

The reciprocity treaties, for which the
Roosevelt administration was not re-
sponsiole. since it merely received them
as legacies from the Mckinley adminis.
tratiop.
Tie United States senate evidently
has no confidence in the world-power
schemes Of Mr.. Roosevelt, Dr. in his
'big stick policy with regard to the
Latin American r~epublice. It has
positively refused to act on his recon-
mendations about Santo Domingo. Yet.
in defiance OF the constitutional require
ments for the ratification OF treaties, he
has gone ahead and established a pro-
tectorate over Santo Domingo, and is
now engaged in using warships and a
large force Of marines in proppina up
the de facto Gaceras government, That
course, il continued, viii prevent any
reform in that island. however vicious
and debased the de facto government
may be.
There is a well grounded suspicion
that il Is tile intention Of President
Roosevelt to virtually annex SaDto
Domingo to the United States, in a
similar manner to England's annexa
ton Of Egypt and the annexation Of
Korea by JaI an.
do the American people approve Of
this scheme Of the executive in establish
ing our sovereignty over this the negro
Republic? The wise men Of the senate,
OF both parties. evidently fear that it
may lead to further trouble, and per.
haps ~entangle us with European
nations.
President Roosevelt has ignored the
plain provision OF the constitution that
the presidents: SHALL have power, by
and with the advice and consent OF the
senate, to make treaties, provided two
thirds OF the senator's present concur"
and hna by so doing Ibid himself open
to serious criticism. For after the
senate has twice refused to ratitiy trea
ties he has made with former Sapto
Domingo governments, he is now en-
gagged in carrynR..out those very trea.
ties which have not only not been
ratified. but in fact rejected, by the sen,
ate. That under our constitution con
stitutes @high crimes and misdemeanor,'
for which hemight be inpeached.
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I'll. Russian situation.

The Russian people are terribly
aroused over the proclamation Of the
car diasolvinR the doumA and the
whole empire is in u state bordering on
revolution. A st. Petersburg dispatch
Of the 23d Gays:
the governments midnight coup
d'etnt is already having the effect Of
uniting all the discordnnt elements OF
The opposition aud il requires little
perspicuity TO see TINT an era Of re-
preston and all which it entrairs will
drive liberal and revolutionists alike to
support the most desperate easuf es.
1t Is already clear that resistance viii
be made. According to the latest ad-
vices from Viborg the members OF par
Lament who fed to Finland irte:d to
defy their sovereign. They aro viz.
tually refusing to recognize tho decree
OF dissolution, a three hour session in
the dining room OF the hotel Belevedere
being held Inst night under the pre-
sidency Of NJ. MouromtseI at which all
the formalities Of a regular session were
observed. Prof. Miliukoff and other
members Of the central committee OF
the constitutional democrats we're care.
fully excluded from participation. The
leaders OF all the groups seemed
momenthrily trying to sink their poll
teal differences and we're animated
solely by a determination to present a
solid front to the nation and government
in the present crisis. Only about two
hundred members, however, were
present.
The Poles, instead OF gong in II body,
sent delegates.
General fear is expressed by the lib.
erals here that the military today will
surround and capture the members at
Viborg, on the ground that they con.
stitute an illegal and revolutionary
assembly under the authority given to
Governor General Gerhard Of Finland
a week ago to close and arrest revolu.
tiorary congresses. 1t is quite likely
that this authority was conferred in an.
ticipation Of the present contingency
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Wh.. wou,a q. Do,

The private secretary Of the Presideu t
has again saued u semioticial denial
that MI. Roosevelt will be u candidate
for denomination and says:
The President meant exactly what
he said on the night Of his election
that he Sould not be a candidate again
for. the Office. That statement is
~irrivocable.'
but what will the president do IL
the army Of present and prospective
federal office holders. that alwaye
dominate a republican national conven.
non; backed by the greater army OF
republican oRceholders and candidates
for office should nominate him? This
they are quite likely to do for they will
feel that their chances of another ter N
at the public trough, will tie enhanced
by his denomination. Will Pres,deu,
Roosevelt decline u third term il he is
nominated? That is the question.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-07-27
Telling tho Tins.

One Of the accurate ways OF telling
the time is to use your hand as an hour
mark. Nothing simpler. All farmers
not possessed of watches or clocks and
who have son,e practical notions OF
common utilities not invented by man
but given to Us by the Creator, know
the rule. 1t is necessary to keep in
mind the hour Of sunrise and sunset
and tc hold the arm straight ont from
the shoulder, with the hand Mt right
angles, bending from the wrist for ward
IL the suD sets ut z o'clock and is still
high in the heavens close II eye and
make three measures Of tie width ~ tho
palm near the thumb. Each measure
means one hour. Three measures mean
three hours, 81 that the time thus
obtained is 7 less 3, or 4 o'clock. With
practice yor can beat the average
watch New York Press.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-07-27

Too many bills are apt to make a
man feel bilious.
The fools arc lot all dead. In fact,
a lot OF them haven't been born.
Joy cometh IN the morninp-unless
you've been making "a night Of it.
Its a mistake to marry too young,
but tie a mistake that isn't repeated.
a woman is never quite happy with
n man who refuses to argue with her.
Many an unsuccessful mgn would
rather preserve his dignity than hustle.
1t is better TO have too little con
fidence in your self thar too much in
others.
We are told hat love levels all thinRp,
but often it SCENE like an uphill fight
To indulge in the thiuRa We can't
afford is the average name idea OF
pleasure.
Lille ID Like u game Of cardR, in which
II good deal depends upon a good deal.
The fellow who ia always under q
cloud reminds me OF uothing 60 much
ns a borrowed umbrella.
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- $500 g.
WIN SUOu 80 At Ely.

The Nevada Northern is bowling
along toward Ely very rapidly. There
have been ivC grading camps establish
ed between Campbell's ranch and Ely
and the grading will all be done before
anyone realizes it. The iracR il laid
about 10 miles this eide OF Cherry and the
work in all departments ia moving right
along. When the road ia completed 10
opposite Senator Gsllagher's ranch tho
senator will probably give tho official 9
a banquet. The Senator'S dairy house
will DO opened wide and everybody will
he invited 10 drink all the milk they can
hold. Buttermilk will take the plncc Of
champagne and the rest Of the menu viii
10 sageben and trout. The advance Oi
tho Uad will be puncturcd with plrm ant
meetings and It will soOn TO up Ia Ely
to give a very elaborate feed mud range
q lifting copper spiko driving. Cherry
Creek WINS the first 10 chow ito upprecia.
ton OF work being dono ID railroad
building through White Pine, and Ely
ebould not DO behind In bidding vel.
come to the men and road..-White Pine
Move.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-07-27
rAnIrE ASn TRADE.

The government bureau of statistics
which colors all its figures to prove the
benetts OF tie tariff tax, has been CON-
PEELED to acknowledge that a bad trade
situation exists between this country
and the South American republics.
The review o. our commercial relations
with those countries shows that chips
bring products north to the United
States and hen carry cargoes from
here to European nations and return
with foreign goods for South American
countries. This shows that while We
buy coffee. hides, wool. rubber, sugar
and other OF their products we require,
they in return buy but little Of ue, but
prefer to deal with England and Ger.
many for manufactured goode, with
whom they have reciprocal trade rela-
tons which this country refuses to
consider, under the present high protec
ton system.
or course, it would never do for the
bureau Of statistics to admit that our
refusal to reduce our tar i'll duties is the
cause OF this lack Of trade, so it assumes
that by establishing direct shipping
lines to South American ports our ex.
ports to those countries would he
materially Increased. The promotion Of
this policy kills two birds with one
stone, it supports the protective tariff
and the trusts and secretly Is working
Tor a subsidy to the steamship trust.
1t is the familiar argument so common
with the protectiouists and ship.sub.
sidists and the subsidized ryan OF the
Protective Tariff League, which many
western states are re%pudiating.
WheE the tariff is revised, so that the
monopoly the trusts and combines now
enjoy is overthrow by competition, We
shall not only be able to sell to those
countries We are compelled to purchase
OF, but will be able to compete with
any foreign nation in the markets OF the
world with such Of our goods as we Gun
produce cheaper than other countries
can. Our farmers and other producers
will then be able to buy in the cheapest
market and sell in the best market the
world affords. AS it is now the cost OF
living has been so increased by the
trusts through the monopoly fostering
tariff, that we car neither sell our manu-,
features cheap at home, or compete
aboard unless the trust torego the il
enormous profits to do SO. But when il
comes tn selling our surplus agricultural
products, such as wheat, corn and cot
ton, they must lie sold Mt price in the
worlds market irrespective Of what i
cost to raise them and that price tiIes
approximately the prce Tor the whole
crop. And yet many farmers and other
vote for cong ressmen who support ship
subsidy and the tariff system which
plumbers them.
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|PoLlr1cAL

A good deal is being said IL the State
papep about Mr.. Farrington's loyalty
to the republican party in its darkest
days in Nevada. Those who write such
stuff are not fam liar with the gentle
name record. lie supported j.. G.
Doughty nnd Thomas Wren for son.
gress against the republican nominees
and did not support the republican can
didate for governor in 1893, Those
ere dark days for the republican party
in Nevada and Mr.. Farringtens's dis
loyalty helped to defeat its candidates.
He has switched around whenever he
wished to and wherever his personal
prejudices led him. When the record
is drawn on HIM, his loyalty to the party
he now WANTS to honor him is no better
than that OF Mr.. Massey. Massey
fought the republican party openly and
then returned to his vomit, while
Harrington fought secretly and returned
to the party fold when the glare Of Office
was held up before him.
The INDEPENDENT doesn't care a
whoop what Nevada republican gets the
United States iudgeship, but it does not
want the friends OF either candidate to
blacken the party record Of the other,
when the political record OF each is rs
crooked as the path made by n ~wrigglinR
enake through a patch Of fine sand on
n hot summer day.
II the friends Of the two leading can
didates for the judgeship are wise, they
will quit bousting Of the party loyalty
OF their choice and make their fight
on his superior qualification and fitness
for the position. Neither n truthfully
boast Of his loyalty to the republican
party and neither can honestly urge his
political record as a claim to tho U. s
iudgeship.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-07-27

Horace Greeley, while travelling
through the west. stopped at a hotel in
II smnll town one night and while
registering, bedbug crawled across tln
register. lie wns led to make the follow.
ing remarks:
Il have travelled from the vine.cIad
hills Of Maine TO where tho meek.c, cd
maiden Of the sunny south ~ijatues her
tiny feet in the Gull OF Mexico, aud
from the turbulent waters OF tho
Atlantic 10 where the waters OF the
Pacific kiss the golden shores OF Cali.
tornia. | Ina q travelled ell over the
Unites Sinies u parts ~ New Jersey,
visited the principal cities and seen all
their curiosities-the Niagara FullP,
tho natural bridge OF Virginia, the
Mammoth Cave Of Kentucky. havo
seen the "star Of the cnsi- that guided
he wise men OF Bethlehem Ia tho
place where Christ wRs horn; | have
stood on the summit Of Pixies Peak
and looked down on the ornament and
plains below. but never IN all my travels
hive | stopped at a hotel where bed
bugs came down to SEQ the number oi
the room assigned Ia mn unsusw citing
and we'll fed tcnderfoot from the Gust"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-07-27
INcoME am ExpENsEs.

The Bureau-oi Labor ia sending out
some very interesting matter relat.
ing to the condition of the working
people. It's bulletin No. 50, devoted to
wages md the cost OF living elbows
that the average income OF working
1927; and the average expenditure,
about S76S. and the average annual
saving, about s59. This covers the
whole OF the United States.
In bulletin No. u, the Bureau deals
with the families OF unskilled workmen.
1t deals with 10 families in the District
Of Columbia, and is u pathetic story OF
a desperate battle against starvation,
day in and day out, year in and year out.
1t shows that half the wages OF these
people are paid fer food, and a fonrth for
rent, leaving only one fourth for all
other expenses. Not one cent for
amusements was found in tue budgets
OF these 10 American families, and the
fares paid were only those necessary in
going to and from work. Not one oil
these families took a newspaper OF
magazine. When they borrowed money
they were forced to pay my where from
100 to 2ll per cent interest. Tho bare
necessities OF lilo were almost out oil
their reach, the comforts Of life were
wholly unattainable. They were badly
housed, i'll fed and Ill clad. But the,
were ull normal cases.
There are hundreds Of other families
Like them in the City OF Washington
and thousands upon thousands OF tin
same kind IN the United Stntee. The.
are honest, frugal. hard WORKING poo
pie. They help to mako this countr.
great, and their industry is ono OF til,
foundations Of tile nation. But they ar,
not "protectedr By tariffs. They have II,
lot or part IN that ono.sided, adulteratet
prosperity OF which tho republican
bosses preach SO loudly and 30 incon
eiderately.
These nineteen poor families are rep
reseDtbtives Of a class that embrace:
probabl, three fourtbs OF tho people q
the United States. Tho trusts and com
bince have forced up the cost OF liyinI
~ per cent, while wages have only IN
creased about q per cent. And undo
tho miserable republican system Of pre-
lection to trusia, which makes n 70,
fasoritee rich and the masses poor, Iii
class is growing III numbers day by day
Bulletin No. O. Of the bureau OF labo
10 a sufficient u wer to MI tho argu
meots which Mr.. Cannon aud other
like him are making Tor the continuance
Of their misrule.