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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-16
FIREMAN HURT BY FALL
FROM A MOTORCYCLE
Lieut.. ]. L. Todd of Engine Company
No. 4 Meets with Painful Acct
dent-Had Similar Ex-
perience

Lieutenant J. L. Todd of engine COM
pany No. 4, Los Angeles fire depart
ment, met with painful accident at
Temple and Boylston streets last night,
when he was thrown from motorcycle
and sustained a fracture Of the right
arm at the elbow.
Lieutenant Todd was riding at fair
rate of speed and in crossing the car
tracks his wheel struck stone and he
was thrown over the handlebars.
He was taken to the receiving hos
pital. where the fracture was reduced,
and he was then sent to the Clara Bar
ton hospital. The fracture is serious
one, being I shape. Nearly two years
ago Lieutenant Todd was thrown from
a street car and fractured his left
elbow in the same manner.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-16
To Hold Japanese Service

Rev. Warren f. Day pastor emeritus
of the First Congregational church, will
preach at the morning service tomor-
row. In the evening the annual Jap
anese service will be held. in charge of
DR.. w. c. Pond, Pacific coast mission
airy for the Japanese.
why a School Girl Should be a Chris
tian" will be the subject of Rev. A. S.
Phelps tomorrow night at the Central
Baptist church. One week from to-
morrow he will speak on Why Young
Men Should be Christians" At these
services the young people will occupy
special seats.
Tomorrow will be busy day for
Bishop Conaty. following a strenuous
week in the northern part of the do
cese. Bishop Conaty will preside at the
quarterly meeting of the Society of ST.
Vincent de Paul tomorrow morning at
8 O'Clock at the cathedral hail. At 10: 80
in the afternoon the bishop will admin
lister the sacrament of confirmation 10 n
large class at st. Vincents church
First communion will be observed at
st. Vincent's church at o'clock to-
morrow morning, class of seventy
five to receive the sacrament. Prepare
tory to this service the children entered
a retreat last Thursday in charge of
Rev. r. A. Antill, c. NJ.
First communion will be observed at
the Church of Our Lady of LOretto to-
morrow morning TT $3.50 o'clock, thirty
children to receive the sacrament. Rev.
George Donahoe, the pastor will be
ceIebrant; Rev. William Palmer, dea-
con, and Rev. James Mcmahon, SUBJ
deacon.
Special evangelistic services will be
held at the Bible institute, 260-264 South
Main street Sunday at 7;45 p. m. DR.
r. 9. Horton, who has just returned
from San Francisco, where he held a
series of gospel meetings with the
sailors of the L. S. S. fleet, will deliver
a gospel address. Samuel Todd will
lead the music and will also render a
solo.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-16
DAUGHTERS OF THE KING
HOLD ANNUAL ELECTION

The annual diocesan meeting of the
Daughters of the King was held at st.
Paul's pro-cathedral parish house yes
terday afternoon.
Bishop Johnson made an address and
reports were received from the various
departments.
The following officers were elected:
Miss Alice Brookman, president; Mrs.
Spaulding, Coronado, and Mrs. Alfred
Smith, Los Angeles, vice presidents;
Miss Mary Nee, secretary and treas
urer.
Supper was served by st. PauPs
chapter to the delegates and clergy.
Last evening service was held in the
pro-cathedral, at which Very Rev. Will
liam MacCormack, the dean and rector,
preached the sermon.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-16
BARRIERS BRAG COSTS
HIM HEAVY SENTENCE

Charged with a misdemeanor in hav-
ing in his possession two black bass in
the close season, George Fox, barber,
was fined $25 in Justice Roses court
yesterday.
If Fox had not Dragged about catch
inr forty-six bass up in Ventura county
he probably would never have been APP
pretended. The stories reached the
ears of W. B. Morgan, fish ana game
warden. who decided to investigate.
When called to the stand Morgan
placed a bundle wrapped in brown
paper on the desk. He said Fox went
to the hardware store of e. w. Hop
perstead. 11S East Third street, and
presented the proprietor with two OF
the fish. Morgan followed him in and
claimed the fish as evidence.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-16

Daughters of the Confederacy, VIII De
present. DR.. Henry will preach g spe-
cial sermon.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-16
Former Congressman Dies

BLOOMINGTON, ILL.,, May 15.-For-
mer Congressman ]. H. Rowell died
here today, aged rs years. He was
captain in the Civil war. He is brother
of DR.. Rowell of Fresno and father of
Chester Rowell of Lincoln-Roosevelt
League
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-16

You may sell, privately, any
article of household furniture of
value-which you no longer use
or need-through a classified ad.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-11-27
Your Name HAY Be There

\ letter received yesterday by an
attorney in Carson discloSes an inter.
esting condition rs TO unclaimed funds
in the Bank of England and in the
various courts of Great Britiun. The
letter. among other things. gives
statistical information that over $500,
900. 900 dollars is on deposit rs above
indicated as the result Of the death of
the original dcpositors ard owIcGs and
no heirs or claimants appearing to claim
any portion of it. or this amount, it is
estimated that nearly Il million five
hundred thousand is subject to claim
10y heirs supposed to he residing in this
country.
Under the law of Great Britain
money unclaimed after death by hair
or representatives of deceased persons
never cschcat>. to the government AS in
the ease under the laws of the United
States. This vast amount will there
fore remain forever unclaimed and will
serve no useful purpose eve rs Il circu-
| unS mc,.ium unless the rign flu
claimants demand what is theirs
News.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-11-27
JUST A woMAw,s ,,rr,E Joke.
How u LED &C i Sais 1T Law and
Serious Complications

Mrs MSrgSrs: G&ttS. L C Brat.
tlescrOS witItcSt society women.
planned Ss3 enacted \ Joke: ROW she
Is the defendant in an SctIoT n law.
whitS tie society ~ that Vermont city
is aw1itioS With give the outcome Of
the S1aIr, SAYS the HNsyou Post.
Il all cl,GnStcd tyom = bright idea"
conceived by Mrs Gatty and a few OF
her society friends who had become
firmly cNaViucS3 that James IL Hook
CT, attorney aUd wealthy clubman. was
working altogether toN hard and need
Cd ! little diversion 10 distract him
from the righteousness Oi - uusy Il
summer.
One day recently, while the young
attorney sat at his desk with papers
pils3 high or each side and an amount
OF work beside him that promised 10
aeep aim IN mis- office into the wee
small hours OF the night, the telephone
at his elbow rang.
Taking up the receiver Mr.. Hooker
listened 10 the apparently distracted
voice Of Mrs. Gatty. one Of his ac-
q~uaintanccs. Mrs. Gatty appeared TO
be greatly overwrought and explained
that Il dreadful attempt had just been
made to swindle her out of 4 sum of
money. that the alleged swindler had
LETT a handbag behind. and would Mr..
HOOKER come up Immediately and open
ihe bag and discover. If possible, the
Identity Of the guilty person.
The young lawyer hastily clapped
IN hiS hot nVl hn.,.,.L1 80. - NJ.
Gatty's fashionable residence.
= lie was ushered into the drawing
o and the bag was shown him.
Without further parley tg lawyer
opened the bag and .cXtraciSi Il aice
yellow lemon. Then the light broke
upon the attorney and amid the tit.
terings which cmanated from different
rec"sses of the drawing room he
bowed and withdrew, after declaring
gracefully that lie felt That the case
was settled and trusted that his client
would be 40 longer disturbed.
y little later Mrs. Gatty received a
bill Tor services made out in the usual
form. Under the conviction that this
bill was merely the humorous revenge
by Mr.. Hooker for the joke played
upon him the bill was pigeonholcd.
Much to her CONSERVATION a sheriff
appeared recently at Mrs. Gatty's
home and served the papers in "A suit
FOR fees due 10 MIR. Hooker for serv.
ices.
The whole city is Interested in Law.
yer Hooker's plan for revenge and fac.
lions have already been formed.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-11-27
Marrelous Change Worked by R,,,,o,,.

The Railroad Age-Gazette has ,oa,.
making soin mathematical de,luc,;nn.
aheht railway operations This is =,
sample: I'm II year. 1897, OH, ma,
with the aid Cf modern railroad ,,r,l;
ances, was able to move one to, 80
freight fS9, 800 miles and one plssap,,o,
1887 miles. Aman with y good ta,,,
of two horses and II wagon, y, r,,d.
better than the average American r,,d
would he doing well to haul one and =
half tons thirty miles, six DAVIS i'm tbo
week, or IL, 800 ton miles per year. lc,v.
ing no time for passenger Transports.
ton. At this rate it would rcuu;r.
more thantcn men and twenty horses Ia
do the freight transportation which one
Il does with Il railroad and withou.
any horses; and to carry the freight
traffic which the railroads of this
country carried last year Il, 500. 600 men
and 81, 600, 600 horses would he required
instead of the l,G12, 900 me who actin.
ally moi only effected the transportation
of ali this freight, but of all the passen.
ger traffic also. The improvements
since 1889 alone have enabled 1872, 900
plcn to do what in 1899 would have re-.
quircd 200, 900 more"
On September 10th there were 22a
632 idle cars in the United States and
Canada, Il decrease since August 10Th Of
30.:31l such cars. This is the best and
most encouraging rccord sent ont since
July 9th, when a reduction of 81. T20
WAS reported. In addition to this gain
there WAS n decrease Of 1859 in the
number of bad.ordcr cars; so that the
total number in use on September 10Th
over August 18th was ~. O33. This re-.
ducti0n in the number Of bad. order cars
is encouraging, and shows that tn,
railroads are extending the scope OF
their repair work. The maximum
humber of idle cars WAS reported for
April 29th, when there was II surplus OF
4la.GO5 cars. The latest statement
shows a total decrease since that date,
therefore, of 1870, 913 or Ia per cent.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-11-27
Whit Is Ii?

We have no definite idea "a, To how il
Is pronounced, and no idea i'll the wnrld
a, to what it looks like, but anybody
who has enjoyed the Great advantage of
"A classic education can see what it
means. says tho Omaha Wurld-Iirrald
We refer to the '~'uudrogync." 1t j.
something which is mentioned in "A dis.
patch from Paris, and the ~ctyInologist
can not fail to perceive that il il u
cunning compound of " Greek words
meaning man and woman. We also
gather from the dispatch that it has
rcfcrcnc" I" wearing apparel, and
further %appcarcth not. 1t mag In a
combination of Prince Albert coat aud
trailing ruiilcd prtticoats; or it may
start ont with "A dccollctc creation in
some soft. pcachy stun. and end up with
striped trousers stuffed in cowhidc
boots. Whatever it is, il is u com.
promise, int we know not what it *.
any more than we know whether Ia
pronounce il 80 a. to rhyme with prog
cny, or mahogany, or shine. or Happy
%licini". The dispatch from Paris
merely says that it has been tried and
found wanting. and the arbitcrs of
fashion are demanding something new.
Curses on these Creek names, anyway.
Here Is II fashion which has come into
being, iIourishcd anc gone, and some of
Us haven't even found u what it is.
except III vague terms indicating that
II is something Of a hiscXual nature and
therefore likely To h. somewhat shock
ing and therefore worth seeing. merely
rs "A horrible example. We like that
good old Saxon phrase, Us Lomgfcllow
would say-if you mean boomers, say
boomers, or ~ladypants, or something
that conveys some idea of our grand.
fathers. instead of fishing around in the
language nf SpphoclcS for some obscure
locntion to mystify II devoted public.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-11-27
The Delicious "Buruoo."

There are few men living to-day
who know how to make u genuine
burgoO. There are those who have
had tho smell of tho big wood fire
In their nnstrils. the sights and odors
from tho big kettle boiling away on
top Of the fire. who would give much
To again experience the ecstasy of the
brCathrcoolcd first spoOnfuls or feel
upon their tongues tho savory taste of
lis satisfying mixture Of meats. vcgn.
tables. spices and condiments. How
was IL made? VOL, you take half n
dozen chickens, a portion of beef. ba.
con. veal. pork, all varieties of wild
game available, put them In n iO.gal.
lon kettle. Then add potatoes, celery,
caObaEc. p%arEnips. Onluns-Oh. any.
Thing from the garden. Put I'm herbs
and spices. salt and pepper. boil for
from II TO 80 hours. The proportions
OF each Ingredient? Alas. That's the
sccrct!-Kansas City Star.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-11-27

TO he what our enlightened banking
experts stigmatize tia hodge potlgc
of financial q%uackery,' they threw it
out. Japan adopted the gold standard
in obedience to the wishes of ~ group of
European bankers who made great
profits u of confidential relations with
certain members of the ruling family.
The merchants and manufacturers of
Japan consider that Il financial system
like that of Franc, with abundant
supplies of silver coins, would be better
for the interests Of the empire than the
gold standard. | an i gold standard
man. But | can understand that silver
having been for ages the principal
material for coins i'll Asia, the people
want chat to which they have become
accustomed.
The Orientals are awakening and
are buying more goods in Europe and
America than ever h-sfurr Last year
the Oriental peoples bought in Europe
and America goods - the value Of
81. 7O7, $50. 900. Their export trade for
the same period WAS 81, -. 25l, oO1.
The balance of trade therefore. was a
very large SUN ugLins! thJ>e peoples,
and the, mus have raised cash OF found
credit To make up the account.
''China's silver mines are exhausted.
For years, European mining engineers
have gone throughout the Empire, look
ing for deposits Of silver. None have
been found. Th1>e expeditions into
Thibet by Great Britain and Russia
really for the purpose Of spying
ont gold and silver mines. No de
posts of account were found. All the
American, BRUSH ANA Russian mining
engineers who have been in Mongolia
a few years looking for mines,
nd not make expenses. One American,
and went hundreds of miles into
Mongolia looking for gold and silver
mines. Nothing resulted. China must
look 10 North America for silver. The
characterization of silver in several parts
Of the world did not affect but a small
part of China; only around the zones of
the open ports. Many millions of
Intelligent Chinese never heard of
Europe or America. and never saw any
account. Of the outlLwry Of silver.
Nine-tenthS ri an. Chinese a. living
today rs their ancestors lived before
Abraham was born. The Chinese
monetary system is just the same fer
the greater part of the country rs it
WAS when Paris and London were
villages of wuttlcd huts.-Americun
Mining Review.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-11-27
MUST HAVE MORE SILVER

y banker from Hong Kong. China,
now on "A visit to the United States, is
quoted in u New York paper as saying
that the day is not far distant when for
account of the Orient. many million
ounces Of American silver will have to
be purchased. The statement is fur
thcr advanced, as is well known in Wall
Street, that the Hong Kong banker. CO.
operating with other bankers and
merchants at Hong Kong, Canton,
Shanghai. Pekin. Osaki. Yokohama.
Toxic aud Singapore, is quietly buying
up shares in North American silver
mines.
Coupled with the foregoing statement
Is another Of a director of the Pcnnsyl.
wanna railroad who recently returned to
Now York from u trip to China and
japan, who says that the bankers he
met in those countries told him that "a
great deal of silver is needed To nut
trade in China and japan in good con.
dition." The railroad director TO whom
the statement is attributed, ia an
American banker, and il rcputcd 10 he
the best authority in the United States
an hanks aud banking in the Orient.
With reference to China's silver require
Inonts he says in the Financial News of
Boston!
more than oDe-half of the worlds
population IL on a silver basis. In the
Orient the gold standard idea Is Of no
account. All talk of putting China on
u gold basis is moonshiuC. In Japan
many sngacious merchants say that the
gold standard adoption was as bad q
ny Japan's taking over Of our
financial system as the model Of what q
system should bc. Finding it
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-11-27
Green Leaf in Limestone.

\ remarkable freak Of nature ard n
rare find from 4 biologists point Of
view came to light on the farm of
John II. Sandcrsun. located Il few
miles from LatrObe. on Tuesday. July
I, while Charles II. Fausuld was dig.
ging a hole I'm the ground. The hole,
about six feet square. was being put
through a bed of soft limestone. and
one of the stones encountered. q
piece of limestone about six by eight
Inches Ia dimensions. was accident.
ally struck upon the edge with u pick.
II split open at the blow, and inside
was found n grapevine leaf. II was
Of an ordinary size, looking exactly ms
n leaf from Il modern grapevine looks.
and II was MS green and as fresh and
tender rs though IT had Just been
pluCkcd from Il vino. H. withcrcd as
Don as II Was exposed to the air and
gun. Tho leaf was found In the cen.
ter of a l5.aCre field Of corn.-phila.
dclphia Record.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-11-27
Esiray Notice.

y gray Ecldimg, X or . years of
age, branded 7 with bar below with
hook Curving downward on ends of bar
and a diamond bench upside down on
left shoulder, and Il bay gclding about
10 years old, branded X with - dots
ab"v" the iron on the left hip, came {"
my ranch on South Fork nbout the 10th
of last July.
Tho gray gclding has II wire cut across
the breast and left shoulder and weighs
about 1850 pounds The bay gclding
has II little white on the left hind foot
and weighs about 1900 pounds.
Tho owner can get these horses by
proving property and paving all OK.
pcnscs for Keeping and advertising.
AM .GRISwOLD.
Lee, EIko County. Nevada.
Elk0, Nevada. November q, 1903.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-11-27
GIVE THE BOY A MICROSCOPE.
viii Interest Him in the Wonders of
the Natural World.

II you want to keep your boy "a Of
mischief give him a microscope, not
one of the elaborate, intricate. OK.
p~Cnsive affairs hat the bactcriolOgists
use when hunting for germs, but a
common one, with two Or three lenses
that TcvOlvc on "A pivot and fold into "A
cover, which protects them from in.
jury when carried in the pocket.
There IL no better way of interest.
ing the boy in the wonders of the
natural world than this simple con.
t%riVance which opens to his eyes vi.
siOns Of a universe of which he knew
nothing. See through the microscope
the most insignificant flower becomes
n thing Of wonderful beauty. The in.
terror CT Il naSturtium is a fairy cav.
ern. showing Il dozen different tints
and hucs of color. with dainty white
stalactitcs and stalagmites. almost
touching each other. midway between
floor and roof.
He will find monsters, too. for the
head OF an ant, seen through a mi,
crOsCope. Is n terrible object. and he
can not help thinking what an awful
aspect such n creature would present
if it were as big as n horse. He has
heard about the creatures hat are Ia
be found in water from n ~stagnant
pool: he will find them for himself
and show them to other boys. and all
his crowd will become Interested and
bring things to look at and wonder
about. lie may not develop into q
Darwin: but If he has any faculty oi
observation at all. it will bc sharpcncd
by what he sees, and he Will learn
that there Is more in nature than what
We discern on the surface.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-11-27
OXYGEN USED TO CUT STEEL.
Little or No Finishing Required After
the Operation.

\ stream OF oxygen is the knife that
cuts metals. The operation is per-
formed by means of a blowpips with
two uozzlcs. of which the first delivers
A. ignited jet of mixed oxygen and
hydrogen. and the second is a stream
Of pure oxygen. The pressure is reg
ulated by Il gauge attached TO the oxy-
gen tank. The oxygen hydrogen flame
and the stream Of oxygen strike the
same part OF the metal, which, after
being heated by the fame, is rapidly
cut, or rather burned through by the
oxygen, the temperature being raised
- 1900 or hoo degrees Fahrenheit
by the combustion OF the metal. The
cut Is as smooth as a sheared cut and
requires iij;io or no finishing. Armor
plates car be cut in o~ne-twentieth the
time required for mechanical cutting:
and the sharply localized heating prob.
ably auses less strain than punching
and shcaring develop. If oxygen costs
two cents and hydrogen two.thirds of
u cent per cubic foot. the cost of cut.
ting an iron plate four-fifths OF an inch
thick Is u seven cents per running
foot. or about half the cost of mechan-
zeal cutting. Special machines are
constructed for cutting various OBJ.
jects. Finally there is Il universal ma
chine. which car be arranged to make
curved and polyEonal cuts of any pat.
tern in addition to the simpler cuts
effected " the other machines. \
special form of this universal machine
Is exceedingly useful in taking apart
machinery and steel buildings. II op.
crates by cutting of the heads of the
r!vcts, which are theL easily driven
OUT.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-11-27
improved Electric Hcatinn-

The ordinary parlOr stove is used
by Herr Gutzah of BcIiir MS u re-.
coptaclc for an electric radiator. con.
sisting Of n wire or carbon Of suitable
resistance, and In this way IL con.
y"rtcd into an electric heater moro
satisfactory than those hitherto tried.
Too great local drying Of the air is n
usual fault OF electric heating. with
The new arrangement tho mir circIrla.
ion produced by the stove rapidly
distributes the heat and at the same
tim" gives ventilation aud prevents
excessive drying. Tho ordinary cur.
rcnt consumption wares mn average
room In about m hour. with the largo
tile owes so common In Germany tho
heat Is retained Il long time. and tho
cost Of kccping the room comfortable
IL moderate.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-11-27
She was Going TO Tell.

Muricl, Il ~iivc-year-old subject Of King
Edward has been thought 10y her par
cntS too young In feel the weight of the
rod. and has been rulcdby moral suasion
alone. But when, the other day, She
achieved disobcdicnce three times in five
minutes, more vigorous measures were
called for, and her mother took an ivory
paper knife from the table and struck
her smartly across her little bare legs.
Muricl looked aStuumGcd. Her mu,u,r
explained the reason forthc blow. Muricl
Thought deeply for II moment. Then.
turning toward the door with Il grave
and disappearing ~countcnancc, She an
nounccd in her clear little English voice;
I'm going upstairs To tell God about
that paper knife. And then | shall tel
Jesus. And if that doesn't do, | shall
put flannel on my l"gs,"-Exchangc.