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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-12-30
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with local applications, as they can
not reach the seat of the disease.
Catarrh is q blood or constitutional
disease and in order to cure it you
must take internal remedies. Halls
Ctttarrh Cure Is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mu-
cOus surfaces. Halls Cutarrh Cure
is not quack medicine. 1t was pre-
scribed by one of the best physicians
in this country for years and is q
regular prescription. 1t Is composed
of the best tonics known, combined
with the best blood purifiers, acting
directly ON the mucous surfaces. The
perfect combination Of the two in
gradients Is what produces such
wonderful results In curing Catarrh.
Send for testimonials free.
+. J. CHENEY d Co., Props,
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
tipation.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-12-30
Answered Him With Ridicnle

In Clyde Fitch's large collection of
| autographs there is none that he values
more thansa letter of the eccentric
and brilliant jurist, H. H. Breckenridge,
| on dueling.
Breckenridge, a youth at the time
replied to the challenge of British
officer with this amusing letter. He
said:
Il have two objections to this duel
| matter-the one is, lest 1 should hurt
you; the other u.s. lest you should hurt
me. don't see what good it would do
to put ball through your body. 1
could make no use of you dead for any
culinary purpose us 1 would rabbit or
turkey. 1 am no cannibal to feed
upon the flesh of men. Why, then,
shoot down human creature, of whom
l can make no user A buffalo would
be better.
You might make a good barbecue,
it is true; being Of the nature of rae
coon or opossum; but people are not in
the habit Of barbecuing anything that
is human now. AS to your hide--it is
not worth taking off, being little better
than two-year-old colts.
Gas to myself, do not like to stand
in the way of anything that is hurtfnl
I am under the impression that you
might hit me-. This being the case, 1
think it advisable to stay in the dis
lance. If you mean to try your pistol,
take some object-a tree OF Il barn
door-about my dimensions. If you
hit that, send me word, and I will &C
knowledge that if 1 had been in the
same place you might also have hit
me-"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-12-30
EnqIish Scholars Honored.

DR.. James Augustus Henry Murray,
one Of the great scholars of England
and famous as editor Of the Oxford
New English dictionary, has been
made a knight by King Edward.
Percy William Bunting. editor Of the
Contemporary Review, who has
reached the age of 70, was made a
knight on the kings recent birthday
anniversary.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-12-30
Not So Much Needed

Like most ministers families, they
were not extensively blessed with this
worlds goods. She, however, was the
youngest of ten children until her father
explained to her of the baby sister who
had come in the night.
We'll" she said, after due thought,
II s'pose it's all right, papa, but there's
many thing we needed worse
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-12-30
To The Public

On and after Monday, January 18th,
1909, the undersigned merchants will
close their stores at o'clock p. IN. ex-
cept Saturdays, until further notice.
REMNANT e. Co.
$. JACOBS
DAVID CASPER
A. L. MAUK
ENGLER COMPANY
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-12-30
SAMAGUNDI

d M tost the concert at the Opera
|Ho tonitt.
M YTeie Crane left on No. 8 for
Card 10 WIT friends.
MD epdIrs. Frank Smiley are ex.
pected ONO. 9 tonight from San
Francisco.
This moling was very frosty. The
|indicationsthis afternoon are that 1908
| will go out nth storm.
Mrs. Hymn rested poorly last night,
but is some5etter today. Everybody
popes that he will soon 10 around
Egain.
The Weston Pacific put in q switch
md laid log side track west of town
his forenoon The outfit cars will be
hoYed to- thelding and this will be the
upply point rom now On. The ballast
hg train is sid to he about ten miles
|fast of here When the ballasting
rang does thir work, the road from
ere to SaltLake will he open for
ocular train:
Mrs. Kate { Wood and the girls of
| University Ge Club arrived on No. 4
Is morning. They sang to a large
dience at Yinnemucca last night.
ese who emf good music should not
IS the concft at the Opera House
S evening. Mrs. Woods leadership
ures good mging and the girls are
etty and sig we'll. There will also
some gociS instrumental numbers.
be concert b$ins at o'clock.
The latest reiorts from Rome say that
tween 10000 and $4,000 people lost
eir lives by the earthquakes that
| polk up Southern Italy Monday night.
veral cities Fere destroyed and the
Snperty losA is immense. Fire and
aal waves followed the shocks and adj
d to AthS;Sss. horror. Relief for the
ficken@ Ak Sheing hurried forward.
be de' RsnA 9iS"ma will run into the
rs of N M NSThe entire world is
& ering "SEsS e. "
Late yiiauS ternoon Mr.. Dressi
me mt Ind took the Chris
rs pN sSA - mis- and the Tomeri
Pale&ea Children The presents for
followi children are still here:
fge Puci,Ni, Sadie Lindsay, Lav;aa
Ter, AlleneWright, Roma Lindsay,
pin Drown, Mildred Conner, Jack
erty PEEL Bryant. Parents,
pds or relieves are requested to
without deay and get these pres
as we will not be responsible for
b. This is he last time this matter
be mentiord in these columns.
e TonOpa! Bonanza wants the
ature to ablish the railroad COM
on on tn ground that it has
nothing. The Bonanza for
that the commission has been
up by al injunction issued by
E Farringto shortly after tho COM
on was appointed, and could do
| ing to foro the Interstate roads
\ duce freigEs and fares. 1t also
b Is that tn commission, although
OF its power by the injunction,
ee. able t.secure lower freights
fares fromseveral railroads. By
reduction the commission has
the peopleof Nevada many times
st to the axpayers. Instead of
hing the commission, the next
% ature shoull strengthen it in every
P' lie way.
-, IS kloes, atook, about 40 years of
Of lied at tb county hospital last
to from tube culosis. Last April or
O on came to the county from Salt
y with grading outfit that had a
70 'ct near Ryldon. He was taken
sf g, . the CAM and came to town.
ne went tx the Hot Springs to
wherS bs,4S ed until about two
aSf Ne stopped two or three
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-12-30
Sn.<a q pbjIosonJ,sr

MANY a man who stands on tn
platform IA lay down on It eff he
c'ud."
The Washington times., 1908-07-23
PETIT LARCENIES
CAME IN FLOOD
Woman Loses SIS in Hand
kerchief, and Man Is
Short Changed"

Several petit IarceEles occupied the
attention Of the police Of the different
precincts today.
Eugene Story. living in Sergeant's
road, BroOkland, reported this morning
that a pocketbook containing 81 had
been stolen from a carriage In front Of
his home
Philip w. Houser. OF Tenleytown, re-
ported the larceny OF q coat and buck
ster's badge from a wagon at Tenth
street and Louisiana avenue.
Haywood Smith. Of 1OOS PENNSYLVANIA
avenue northwest. told the police he
was robbed Of SO by a man who
snatched the bill out of his hand while
he was walking on the street.
Mrs. A. L. Chase, OF 400 High street.
Anacostia, shopping in Center Market,
was roDbed OF handkerchief contain
ing 30 In bills. The handkerchief was
taken from her pocket while In a crowd.
NlIIiam Werneke. OF 623 Twelfth street
northwest. was robbed OF s. by what the
ponce term the short change trick.
Nerneke was accosted in the street bv a
stranger, who asked him 10 change a
% Dill The man said the change was
wrong and after exchanging money
back and forth for q few minutes.
Nerneke discovered he was out s.. The
stranger had disappeared.
Numerous articles Of minor value
We're stolen yesterday from different
parts Of the city.
The Washington times., 1908-07-23
RUNAWAY VICTIM
NOT BADLY HURT
Little Charles Coins Says
He Was Too Scared
to Move.

Charles Coins, the nine-year-old boy
who was struck down and badly
bruised by runaway horse at Potomac
and Prospects streets. Georgetown. last
night, was considerably improved to-
day. and, unless ne has been injured
internally, should be all right soon
The accident occurred while Charles,
with several companions, was playing
in the middle OF the street. The horse,
driven by William KidweIl. became
frightened about a block away and
rushed down the street at uncontroIla-
BILE speed.
As the terrified animal approached the
| lad, Kidwell yelled to him, but Charles
| appeared to be too bewildered TO move
I He was struck by one of the wagon
shafts and hurled, unconscious, 10 the
asphalt
I didn't seem 10 be able 20 tell which
| way 10 move said Charles. at his
! home, 1892 Potomac street. this morn
] ing.
/ Charles added that the driver appar-
| emily mad done everything in his power
/ TO stop the animal
The Washington times., 1908-07-23
GIRL NABS THIEF;
HOLDS HIN FAST
Suspecting Well-Dressed Caller,
She Hides and Waits for Him
10 Begin Work.

NEW YORK. July "A weli-dressed
young man with an honest-looking face
called ct the furnished room house OF
George Carter. at 442 Franklin avenue,
Brooklyn. yesterday. inquiring for a
room. He said that he had been sens
by the Bedford Branch Of the Y n
c. ~. and had IN his hand a list OF
houses written on the letterhead Of that
association
Carter went 70 the basement TO get
a glass Of water ana had been gone
but q minute when he heard his daugh-
ter scream for help. and. rushing up
stairs, be found Mabel Carter, eighteen,
tussling with the man in her room
back Of the parlor. The aged landlord
and his daughter succeeded in throwing
the stranger 20 the floor and holding
him down while other members OF the
household summoned Policeman Finch.
OF the Gates avenue station.
In the Gates Avenue Court Miss Car
ter said she did not like the actions OF
the man when he entered the house
and she hid behind the parlor portieres.
When her father left the parior. she
said. the stranger quickly moved into
the adjoining room almost knocking
her down as he passed through the cur
tains, but failed 10 see her. She watched
ed the drawers Of her chinOnier she
stole up and grabbed him BY the collar
and then called for help.
The prisoner said that he IS Curt
Schreyner, thirtF-four years old. with
no home
The Washington times., 1908-07-23
CONFESSES MURDER
OF HIS AGED AUNT
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having It dressed, he was taken to the
police station.
When asked how he came TO be shot,
be said that a gang Of Italians had met
him in the mountains and, after taking
what money he had, had shot him.
Eberhardt would not say how much he
had
Il took a walk on Saturday with my
aunt and cousin. Ophelia, who had ar
rived few days before from Austria, >"
he said. I'VE came TO New Jersey and
were walking along a railroad in the
vicinity Of Hackensack when suddenly
I heard~a shot and saw fash, like of
a revolver, from behind a freight car.
My aunt shrieked and fell to the ground
Other shots followed and I was struck
on the head with a heavy blunt inStru-
ment, and that is all remember until
the time / was shot and robbed"
Eberhardt said that at the time he
heard the pistol shots he had a re-
volver IN his pocket he had none when
found today.
He was arraigned before Justice
James Carroll on a charge Of being a
fugitive from justice. He then was
turned over TO Chief OF Police Dunn, Of
Hackensack, and Prosecutor Rooster,
and taken to Hackensack-
Eberhardt has been in this city since
Sunday. Sunday afternoon he was seen
walking past police headquarters and
recognized by Matron Ellen Mccain.
Mrs. Mccain said that he was unin-
jured then.
The police believe Eberhardt had ac-
completes, and detectives are searching
the mountains in an effort TO locate
Eberhardts aSSailant.
II was under subsequent questioning
that he admitted his guilt
The Washington times., 1908-07-23
SUSPECT POLICEMAN
AS SLAYER OF GIRL
Brooklyn Park Victim Is
Identified by Widowed
Mother.

NEW YORK, July 23-The young
woman who was mysteriOusly slain IN
the shelter house Of Irving square park.
Brooklyn. yesterday. was Barbara Reig.
twenty-three years old. Of $50 Mauges
street Williamsburg.
She was the daughter OF a well-to-do
widow OF that address. and was en-
gagged TO be married to AdoIph Hack, OF
l5S Lenox avenue. Maspeth-
The girls mother. Eva read the de-
scriptiOn Of the park victim in news
papers and hastily went TO the Ham
burg avenue police station, where she
identified her daughters umbrella and
some OF her wearing apparel.
She said Barbara left home Tuesday
evening at eight O'Clock, saying she
Both the mother and the dead wOman's
fiance declare she had no other love
afIair, and that she never went out
with other men.
II was reported early today that clues
had been discovered which indicated
that a policeman was involved in the
death Of the girl. Captain Carey, IN
charge Of the Brooklyn detective bu-
reau, went TO the Hamburg avenue
station last night TO put q number OF
policemen through the third degree. He
first called Rudolph Koehler, the Do
llceman who was on the beat in which
the tragedy occurred, and found the
girls body. KOehler was made 10 tell
ms sLOrY from DeBlnnluB 10 BnQ.
Koehler's statement did not vary
from the account he gave 20 Police
Captain WOrmseu yesterday. He told
how he had heard the revolver shot
while walking along the outskirts OF
the park: how he had gone into the
park 10 investigate. and had in the
summer house found the girls body
on coal BIN The examination OF
KOehler continued until two hours az
ter midnight. and then David Shellard,
the policeman who was called 10 the
summer house after KOehler found the
body. was summoned before Carey.
Shellard was made TO tell his story
and then repeat. and then Policeman
George Nick was called and questioned
What especially interested Carey is
how the murderer could haze unlocked
the doors 20 the summer house when
only policemen and the park attendant
have such keys.
The Washington times., 1908-07-23
GIRL ATTACKED;
NEGRO COMMITTED

Charged with har<ag attacked Miss
Margaret Wilson, and threatening her
lie. Henry Diggins, a negro, was to-
day held in 5000 bonds IN the United
States branch of the Police Court. for
the grand jury.
Pale and nervous, Miss Wilson faced
Diggins in court this morning, and told
OF the attack upon her how he seized
her and threatened her life If she
made an Outcry.
Miss Wilson. according TO her story,
was on her way to the Water Reed
Hospital, near the Brightwood road, to
carry a note to one OF the men sta
TONED there She alighted from a Ia
kOma Park car AT Takoma Junction
and took the path west from he road
70 the hospital. which is about three
or four hundred yards distant. When
about midway. the negro jumped from
the bushes and seized her,
The Washington times., 1908-07-23
LETTERS TO MISS CASPARI

Searching the police found letters
following
WASHINGTON Amelia Land Office; c. #.
Miss Elizabeth Gen Corc9ran
MRS. z. Fourteenth street
". Y-Af
L Wadsworth
WetmOe and Company, % State
Miss Emily 2 A NJ. c.
E Clagett
Company Twenty-hrst
Twentyhrst Thomas Nelson
Il Eighteenth
N. Y-Sarah E. Reese. Go East Buffalo street
OSSINING. Y.-Al Orchard
K, Ala-AI
N. Y-A T.
The Washington times., 1908-07-23
Her Company Moves.
Was Woman of Mystery,
Says Warden of 'Pen'

BALTIMORE. July 22.-''NIiss Caspari
was one Of the best behaved and yet
one Of the most iascrutable prisoners
ever committed 20 this institution" said
Warden John F. Weyler. Of the Mary
land penitentiary, today.
when she vas received here" he
continued, 'she told me that she had
made up her mind TO obey every regu-
latiOn. and I musc say that she kept
her word 10 the smallest particular.
She was careful even about the little
things, he :IiEing Iapses IN minor rules
which one almost expects to me
across in prisoners Yet she rigid y
obeyed even the little regulations, TOR
she seemed to realize that every reguIa-
ton, while apparently unimportant of
itself. went TO make up the OrGaniza-
ton and discipline OF large prison
Always Woman of Mystery.
''To me she was always a woman of
mystery. have talked to her on vari-
Gus subjects. and, while she was invari-
ably courteous in her replies and in her
manner. there was a reserve that could
not be surmOunted. Sometimes she
showed traces of worry in her looks,
and once, thinking that II might re-
lieve her mind to talk, I approached
her on the subject of the crime OF
which she had been convicted
The reply she gave me was the same
she had given when she was arrest ed,
when she was taken into court and
throughout her trial: I have securities
for the money I invested and the money
viii be returned 10 its owners
A little while after she was re-
ceived here she sent for me and asked
me II the money had been sent her. I
told her No., and she said she was
sure it would soon arrive.
Did Not Question Her.
Il did not question her. for prisoners
who are sent here are paying the PEN
atty Of their crime when they are in
carcerated. and. unless for very grave
reasons. 1 do not think It right or Just
for them to be further questioned.
Miss Caspari was employed in the
shirt department Her work was always
satisfactory in every way. She always
seemed to be using a great deal Of
self-control to keep from saying or tell
ing something which, If she had told,
would probably have relieved her mind.
when she left the institution on April
z. 1896, she shook hands cordially with
me, wished me good fortune and passed
out OF the gate just as much mystery
20 me and to those who had come in
contcat with her as she was when she
entered the prison"
The Washington times., 1908-07-23
WHALE ON SHOAL
DIES IN FRENZY

PORTLAND. Ne. 23.-Whne 800 mem
bers Of the summer colony at OgunQuit
a shore resort, stood on the beach
watching II an enormous whale 20 feet
IN length thrashed itself to death IN
the shallow waters OF the fats.
It IS believed that the whale chased a
school OF fish into the bay and was so
intent on breakfast that II did not know
where II wes going
Suddenly. while lurching ahead with
terrific momentum, Il struck the treach-
erous fats 100 yards from the beach and
ran high and dry. The tide was fast
ebbing and despite its herculean efforts
to get into deep water the whale, churn-
ing the SEE into foam. was unable 10
move.
The Washington times., 1908-07-23
DENTAL EXAMINERS
SUBMIT REPORT

The board OF dental examiners OF
the District has submitted TO the Com
missioners its report for the fiscal
year ended June 30.
Certificates have been granted 70
twenty-five applicants. Twenty-nIne ap-
plicants were examined, twenty-five ap-
plicants were certified for registration
and eight failed TO pass the eXamina-
ton, thereby being disqualified 10 prac-
tlCe. BY these additions, the list OF Ger
titicateS now number 693.
The Washington times., 1908-07-23
MR.. TAFT CONFERS
WITH PRESIDENT
Meet at Oyster Bay and Dis
cusS Speech of Ac-
ceptance.

OYSTER BAY, N. Y, July 23-Presi-
dent Roosevelt and his party arrived
from Newport this morning at Gas
o'clock on the Mayhower. This after
noon about 8 o'clock he held a confer
ence with Mr.. Taft on the latter's
speech of acceptance.
Mr.. Taft came here from Jersey City
by automobile. HIS train was on time
to the minute.
Mr.. Taft was followed to the Presi-
dents residence by newspaper men
who had accompanied him from Hot
Springs.
The Washington times., 1908-07-23
Deaths

Robert F. Thompson. = years, the
Westover, 18th and L SITS. Northwest
Rapley NJ. Cheshire. 49 years, 150S Caro-
line street Northwest
David Bowman, 81 years, S2S D street
northeast.
Martha B. FIanIine, 70 years. col NJ
street northwest
Marion u Permitted. months. ITO
Maryland avenue southwest
Ruth Wallach. 4 months, 5l9 NJ street
northeast.
oliver G. Brice. l month. 62s NJ street
southwest
Infant of ychn W. and Mary Murphy,
2 DAYS, 71S Mass. ave. northeast
The Washington times., 1908-07-23
CASPARI SCHEMES
REACH MANY CITIES
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had to pay cash for to the publishers,
but It was necessary TO extend credit
to her purchasers, and thereby she re-
ceived a 30 per cent profit She said
she had no money on hand, out mere
was lots of money in her business ana
in this way she Induced Mrs. Robbins
TO take her notes She explained that
as soon as she received checks from
the purchasers she would return II.
giving Mrs. Robbins 80 per cent IN
Mrs. Robbins, December IS last, gave
Miss Caspari $500. which was TO be re-
turned in a short time. Miss Caspari
gave notes on some Rochester people
She received another $3.50, December 80.
and January II of this year stiI more,
this time sos. There were various other
and smaller sums.
when the notes fell due Miss Cas-
pari always had some excuse. most OF
them surprisingly ninsy. The first note
which matured was on her publishing
house. and amounted to 500, and when
this was due she told Mrs. Robbins she
had received it, but that a careless
bookkeeper had misspelled her name.
and she sent II back. Then there was
a months delay and Mrs Robbins be-
came somewhat nervous The excuses
were cOpiousfy poured forth by Miss
Caspari-
Told Of Burning Draft.
ION one occasion she told Mrs. Rob
draft. which she would give to her. The
next day she came around exclaiming
that she had had the worst hard luck
any person ever had. She had arisen
early, she said, and took the draft from
under her pillow and struck a match
70 light the gas. She had tucked the
paper in the sleeve OF her kimOnO, and
the sleeve was ignited and burned. the
draft with It.
My wife succeeded in collecting S91(
from her in three payments, but 1 feal
that this is the money she secured from
Miss Gemmil. A few weeks ago we be-
gan installing some machinery on
farm at Fort Washington. Nd. for the
manufacture of cement blocks, and Miss
Caspari was asked for some Of this
money due. She promised faithfully tC
pay II, and on the day she was arrested
] was waiting for her TO come 10 my
home
Her Company Moves.
A: the Corcoran building this morning
IL was stated that the National Alumni
Company. a copy or whose publication
was found in Miss Caspari's trunk, had
left its offices in thac building a weel
ago and had removed to New York
None OF those aTounI the building
knew anything OF Miss Casparis deal
ings with the company, and, in fact, hat
not heard Of the woman until her arrest
Monday.
The company has no branch in thi.
city and none OF the officers has re
manned over in Washington
The Washington times., 1908-07-23
KILLED IN COLLISION
DUE TO DENSE FOG

CHICAGO, July 23.-One man was in
stantly killed and four others were in
jured today when two engines came to-
gether in a head-on collision on the
tracks of the Chicago, Lake Shore and
Eastern railroad, near the Burlington,
Ind. plant of the Illinois Steel Com
pany.e
The dead and injured COMPOSED the
crews Of the two locomotives. The
dense fog of the early morning is said
TO have been the cause OF the accident
The Washington times., 1908-07-23
THE COMPLICATION.

How Is your rich patient?"
He has got TO die"
Why, how's that? I didn't know his
malady was fatal2"
1T IS not ordinarily"
What is the complication"
He never pays my bills. md l feel
certain that I can collect rom his
heirs.''-EXchange
The Washington times., 1908-07-23
Marriage Licenses.


James L. Sanders and Flora z. Craig.
Stephen A. Scott and Anna NJ Harris,
both Of Richmond, Va.
LOllie LOmaX and Fanny Morgan.
James T. Morrow. OF Shippensburg, Pa,
and AIyra X Getter. of Carlisle, Pa
AlOnzO w. WOTmley, of this city. and
Laura z. DOdwon, OF BOyd's. Nd.
Curtis Reed and Gertie Biller, both
Of Linville. Va
Charles F. Scott and Alice T. Hudnell.
William p. Neal and Elizabeth Robin
SON.
Ernest E. Simpson and Maud I. Dyer.
Roland w. Green and Carrie 3. John
son.
Gordon r. Armstrong and Grace Perry,
both of Fredericksburg, Va
Henry Williams and Mary Stewart.
Franklin 3. WUtershauer. Of Pittsburg,
Pa. and Amelia z. Oehmler, Of Wash
ington.
Clarence Q. Adams, OF Beltsville. Nd,
and Alice Smith. Of COlesville. Nc.
The Washington times., 1908-07-23
TOday'S Vital Records
Births

Jesse L. and Gertrude Wood. boy.
John Mel and Anna E Thomas, boy
Charles z. and ollie c. Smith. boy.
Charles T. and Grace Smith, boy.
William l.. and Clara W. Sa TOrd, boy
Charles +. and Grace Y. Rea. don. girl
David NJ and Mary J. MacNs.l, boy.
Jake and Sadie Levin. boy.
Benjamin 5. and OUida l. .Favorite
boy.
Watson A and Mary E. Eldridge, boy