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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-09-30
SAl.MAGUNDI

4 at Cochrp 4e's.
Bread tickets good for scent leaves
at Cochrahe's Bakery.
Mrs. Henderson Green arrived from
the west this morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ambrose Truett arrived
from Deeth this morning on No. S
Judge Morgan is still confined to his
bed. Hope he will soon be around
again.
The Gans-Nelson fight at the Crescent
Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights.
Don't miss it.
Mrs. Ed. Ludeman. trained nurse
q sister of Mrs. G. W. Lindsay, arrived
from Seattle yesterday morning.
Save those natural teeth, thereby re-
tain your facial expression. DR.. Gill
land ''the dentist" Office over the Drug
Store, Elko
George Lindsay is all smiles TODAY.
The cause of it is the arrival of a nine
pound girl baby at his house yesterday.
Mother and child are doing nicely.
The funeral of the late Pat Sheridan
will take place from the undertaking
parlors at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow after
loon. Friends and acquaintance are
respectfully invited to attend
Paul Schillerstrom received a dis
patch from San Francisco this forenoon
saying that Mrs. Schillstrom's condi-
tion was serious. Mr.. Schillstrom left
on No. 3 for his wife's bedside.
Photographer Ramsdell has our thanks
for splendid picture of the town. 1t
is plain and distinct and shows all the
principal buildings. 1t is worthy of a
place in the home of every Elkoite.
Send in your contributions to the
Bryan fund so that the amount collect
ed can be forwarded to the national
committee in time to be of service.
=, Don't wait until it is too late to do any
A good. ~.
At o'clock this afternoon, Judge
Bruce had 423 qualified voters on the
registry list There are still some who
have not registered. These should call
on Judge Bruce at once if they want
J Ito vGtA
v - The indications are that there will be
H'lively fight for constable of gElko
township. There are three candidates
now in the field with prospects of an
other. Paul Adams is in the field as an
independent candidate.
Senator Gore says the only trust
Roosevelt succeeded in eliminating
was contained in the motto on the
coins, I'm God We Trust" That's true
as gospel but congress made him put
it back.-Salt Lake Herald.
Funny how putrid the Standard Oil
- bunch became in the eyes Of the Re-
publican leaders the instant they re-
fused to dig up the usual campaign
contribution. John d. has suddenly
become lawful. -Rhyolite Bulletin.
The state campaign is beginning to
show some life. The candidates for
United States senator are on the wing
and the other candidates will soon
follow them. The prospects are good
for lively times from now on until the
polls close
j. r. Hunter, postmaster ut Lovelock,
is shaking hands with Elko friends to-
day. He has been looking after his
mining interests in the northern part
Of the country and came in from Tus-
tarora last night. Mr.. Hunter worked
in this Office several years ago.
Commissioner Clark has received o
postal card from Prof. w. Fl. Trip, a
former resident of Elko. The card is
dated at Munich, Germany, September
18th. Prof. Trip gives an interesting
account of his travels in Italy, Sicily,
North Africa, Morocco, Spain, France
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-22

tons. But all are read with interest"
Here is one from the Bystander, Lon
don:
cat a luncheon given by Empress
Eugene at the Tuileries the head of
the Paris house of RothSchild was seat
ed opposite a great painter. Roth
schild was not blessed with good looks
and had, moreover an expression of
distress and resignation combined. The
painter could not take his eyes off him.
and this worried ROthSchild not q lit
tie After the meal he asked the paint
er why he had taken so great an inter
est in him, and to his great amaze
ment the painter Informed him that he
had studied him as q model for q beg
gar in a picture he was then evolving.
Rothschild's face frightened, and he
said, L will sit for you And he did.
One day when he was posing a pupil
Of the painters was so touched by the
expression of woe on the face of the
model that he slipped five franc piece
into the poor mans hand and vanish
ed before an explanation was possible.
The next day the young man received
f4O0 as interest on his well invested )
francs"
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-22
To Correct Conditions.
SPORT AT THE VATICAN,
Athletics Will Be Feature of Jubilee
of Pope's Ordination as
Priest

ROME, May 16.-For the first time
in the history of the Roman Catholic
church athletic sports will form one of
the main features of the golden jubilee
celebration of a pontiff's ordination to
the priesthood.
The present Pope, who in September
next will be fifty years a priest, always
has been great admirer of athletes and
athletics, and on many occasions has eX-
pressed a wish to see the performances
of some of the athletes who are at pres
ent prominent in the world of sport.
The sports will be held in the Vatican
gardens and will be the first athletic
competitions to disturb their quietness
since the destruction of the Caligulan
circus in the declining days of the Ro-
man empire. The gardens include more
than 100 acres and occupy, with the
Vatican and st. Peters cathedral, one
of the seven hills of Rome. No other
spot on earth has as interesting a his
tory to the Caucasian as this field.
America will be represented in the games
by Sheridan, Flanagan and others.
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brush. The plan was laid out for
building IA feet high, IA feet long and
Z feet wide. He worked with remark
able patience, oftentimes putting in all
his waking hours at his task. After
two years of almost continuous appli-
cation the job was finished.
The walls of the cathedral, the tow
ers and turrets, the galleries and stee-
pies, the ornaments-alI are of match
es. 1t took more than 100000 match
es to build the church and more than
100 pounds Of glue used in fastening
the 100000 matches securely.-New
York Press.
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A TRICK OF MEMORY.
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Memory is one Of the most useful
and least trustworthy Of our faculties.
L mind it wee, but | haze ma doots O.
ma mind :" said canny ScOtchman in
the witness box. A wholesome charity
for the mistakes Of others was learned
by certain woman from her own ex-
perience. She was about to cross the
continent for three months visit.
On the day of her departure she went
to the safety deposit vault where she
kept her valuables, and said to the
manager that she wanted to take her
box, with its contents, to her lawyers
office for an hour. Could he arrange
that for her? The manager assented,
and wrapped the box in a newspaper.
that it might make an incOnspicuous
bundle
The day passed and the woman did
not return. The next morning, inquiry
revealed the fact that she had gone on
her journey. The manager was curious
enough to ask her lawyer if he knew
anything about the box.
''She left here intending to take it
directly to you" said the lawyer.
That was enough to justify tele-
gram, as soon as the woman had reach
ed her destination, six days later. Tel
egram: "Where did you put your safe
ty deposit box?" Answer: I'm the
vault where it belonged" Telegram:
1T is not there. Return at once"
Another week passed in wretched
suspense for everyone concerned. When
the woman arrived, she was in a state
of nervous rage, and ready to accuse
the officials of every crime in the cal
endar. She declared she had driven
straight from her lawyer to the vault.
The manager had himself let her in,
and talked with her. Her story was
complete in all its details. But the
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-22
THE TRUTH ABOUT MEDIUMS.
Perfectly Healthy People often
Possess Abnormal Powers.

Perfectly Healthy People often
Possess Abnormal Powers.
Il have had a good deal of expert
ence with mediums, and I've come to
the conclusion that they all start with
at least some small basis of abnormal
power. Is 1T not rather suggestive that
the number of practicing mediums does
not materially increase? If it were a
mere matter Of deception, would there
not be thousands at the trade? AS a
matter of fact, there are not fifty adj
vertising mediums in New York at this
moment, though, of course, the number
is kept down by the feeling that it is
bit disreputable to acknowledge posses
sion of these powers.
''There are nice ones. My own moth
er had this power in her youth, so my
father tells me. Her people were Iiv-
ing in wisconsin at the time, and the
settlers from many miles around came
to see her perform. An uncle, when a
boy of four, did automatic writing,
and an aunt recently wrote to me in re
lation to my book, The Tyranny Of the
D"lh, IhaI lOl l"o years (DeSlluln
when she was about 10 these powers
of darkness made her life hell. There
are many recent people who are posses
sed by strange forces, but are shy of
confessing these abnOrmalities Ask
your family physician. He will tell you
that he always has at least one patient
who is troubled by occult powers. They
call it hysteria,' which doesn't explain
anything. Many apparently healthy
people possess the more elementary of
these powers-often without knowing
it"-Hamlin Garland in Everybody's.
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NO LONGER LOVED.
VioIets Purchased Only by Old-Fash-
toned Men Who Say ''Thank You"

toned Men Who Say ''Thank YOU"
If straw may show which way the
wind blows, says a well-known news
paper writer, then a violet may also
serve as a vane to indicate the passing
zephyrs Of society.
In the present vanishing of the violet,
there is no better indicator Of this radi
cal change between the woman our
fathers used to call mother" as she
stitched and sewed and smiled upon
her little brood, supRmely happy with
the bouquet of yiOlets that sometimes
graced her gown, and the smart, up-to-
date Mrs. B.
Formerly when flowers were distinct
" emblematic, deep with esOteric
meaning, there was no greater compli-
ment than to be presented with a bunch
of violets Poets the world over, since
Adam delved and Eve went violeting,
have rhapsOdied over the wOmanly sig
niicance of its quiet fragrance. From
first reader ditties about the ''mossy
dell where the humble violets grew"
to Napoleon's eloquent tribute as he
plucked it as the springtime emblem of
his return from Elba, and also of Jo-
sephine's devotion, everywhere from
garnet to throne, it has nodded it's low
ly head, with a success undreamed of
by naughty garden beauties. Modesty,
sweetness, innate gentility = these
glowed in the deep blue Of each fra
grant messenger. But, gracious alive,
who wants to be that nowadays?
''Violets? Dear me, Don't get those"
said the florist with a prescient glance
like an up-to-date SybiI with a fat bank
account. They're way out of style
No one ever buys viOlets any more
They're too little, too modest" she
pointed to a few meager bouquets that
looked very modest indeed, dropping on
their wilted stems.
They're not half snowy enough, not
quite correct" she beamed, with def
mite fnality, "and one might just as
well be out of the world as out Of the
style, you know Of course they're
sweet and pretty and fragrant, and all
that" she said, giving them a vigorous
shake, as though they needed a course
in gymnastics. But who wants any
thing like that, indeed?
''Oh, yes, sometimes some men, the
old-fashioned kind, that wear silk hats
and say thank you occasionally buy
them, and then, too, when a girl is in
mourning and can't wear anything
else, there is a slight demand, but to
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-22
GROVE RIDICULES BRYAN TALE.
Kidnaper Now in Iowa Hears of Death
Chase IN Texas.

SIOUX CITY, Ia. May 16.-While
regiment of detectives, armed with gait
ling guns, is reported to be closing in
on him in San Antonio, Tex, prepared
to kill him if he resists arrest on the
charge of plotting to kidnap William
Jennings Bryan, Jr., Pat Grove, once
notorious as a kidnaper, now q gentle
man of leisure sat in his comfortable
suite at the Reinhart hotel yesterday
and laughed over the press dispatches.
what rot" shouted Pat. Learning
that he was seen in Houston, Tex,
three days ago and had been traced to
San Antonio, he commented, dryIy:
well Groves can fly some, but I'll
give you my word of honor | haven't
been out of Sioux City a night this
week. There l am fleeing through the
sagebrush and behind are the minions
Of the law fast closing in. Now l sink
to the sandy earth and they are upon
me- l am borne off by the bowling mob
to prison. Oh, bosh That story is the
worst ever. Whoever wrote it is the
generalissimo Of jokers."
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records of the deposit company did not
substantiate it. That cast doubt enough
on it so that it seemed worth while
to look UP the cabman who had driven
the woman on that Hateful day.
He was found. He remembered the
circumstance well.
Had he any recollection Of stopping
anywhere else? Scratching his grlZzled
head he slowly retraced the course,
and then said. "Why, yes. We stopped
at the bakeshop on the corner OF 81
street, and you went in!'
Here was the clew. hasty visit to
the bakery revealed the newspaper bun
die tucked away on a high shelf, with
it's precious contents undisturbed.
There it had stood for a fortnight,
while a woman and half-dOZen men
were staying awake by night and fret
ting by day, accusing each other OF
lying and stealing, all because one
woman's intention got ahead Of her
performance and imprinted lie on
the tablets Of her memory.-Youths
Companion.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-22
TO ACQUIRE FORESTS
SENATE PASSES BILL FOR NATION
AL PRESERVES.
Parks Will Be Located in Southern
Appalachian and White
Mountains

WASHINGTON. d. c., May 10
The bill providing for acquiring national
forests in the southern Appalachian
mountains and White mountains was
passed by the Senate today. Senator
Teller made an extended speech against
the measure. He sand he did not object
to the states preserving the forests. but
there was in his Judgment 10 authority
under the constitution for the United
States government acquiring lands tor
forest reserves under such conditions AS
the pending bill provides
The bill providing for the continuance
OF the inland waterways commission
introduced Thursday by Representative
Burton of Ohio. was passed by the
House today under suspension of the
rules. A remark attributed to President
Roosevelt that he would continue the
commission whether Congress authorized
1t or not was the subject of much aid
verse criticism from the Democratic
side, particularly by MeSsrs Clayton of
Alabama and Williams of Mississippi.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-22

send violets to q girl'-she held up her
hands in horror
why, l am sure she'd give them to
the cook"
We'll, what do they like?" 1 asked.
For answer l was treated to a glance
emisrant inspector.
"Like?" echoed sharp-eyed Sybil
why, anything that stands out, shows
off; lets everybody know that you're
wearing them, speaks for themselves );
that's what they want
She swept by a bower of roses dusky
with velvet beauty, and pointed to a
great patch Of gaudy orchids.
There. there" she exclaimed
That's the kind that makes the hit +;
just look at them. There won't be one
left after the ball tonight OF course,
I'll have to fall back on the roses to
help out, but it'll be those bright ones
there" she pointed to a crimson blot
staining some snow-white hyacinths in
the case beyond. You know" she con-
fided, L do believe some girls would
wear sunfiowers if they were only fash
ionable. Those chrysanthemums and
bright flowers do make an awful hit
and as for orchids'-I followed her
forefinger trying to find some mythical
meaning other than a loud plea for
dollars and cents "Those. of course
are most extensive and therefore best
of all"
''Violets." she shook her head. "beau-
tiful and fragrant and tenderly sincere,
if you like, but old-fashioned, dread
considered, you know"
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CHASE FOR TITLES.
Many Are Real, but Others Are
Merely Assumed.

Many Are Real, but Others Are
Merely Assumed.
At least fifty titles, more or less au-
thentic, have been captured by Ameri-
can women in France. How many are
real? A good proportion. Others are
papal; others merely assumed. Since
titles were abolished in France the
'aristOcracy" has increased fivefold.
There are five times as many dukes,
counts and all that in republican
France to-day, says Vance Thompson
in the Broadway, as there were in the
royal France Of old. They spring up
like mushrooms. There is no law
against your butcher assuming the ii
tie Of the Marquis de Tete de Veau if
it so pleases him. And therefore comes
it that many girl does not get what
size pays fOr-pOor child,
However, authentic titles-register-
ed in the Almanach de GOth-are go
ing cheap these days. One of the best
known American women in Paris
makes an excellent living as a mar
riage broker. [ have seen one of her
lists which was brought to the atten-
ton Of a girl with money-money
made, curiously enough, out of wooden
toothpicks. Among the titled men of
fcred to the wooden toothpick heiress
were Due de Montmorency, the Count
de Chateaubriand and the Prince de
Lecca. She hasn't chosen yet. l rec
commended the Prince de Lecca. He
is Of the Corsican branch Of the Co
lcnnas and has been trying to marry
an American girl for years and years
Of course he has no money, but the
title is a good one. He is known as
the knight of the sorrowfuI visage
he writes verses.
take him." 1 said to the heiress.
"Why?" she asked
Because he looks like a toothpick."
But she didn't like the reason.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-22

Rear Admiral Coghlan, whose vessel, the Raleigh
dered such conspicuous service at the battle of Manila
Bay, tells the Philadelphia Ledger of the important
changes which have taken place in the navy since that
memorable battle of ten years ago.
The greatest change" said the Admiral "has, of
course, been the great increase strength of
navy Never in the history of the world has nation
increased its power any period years
we nave since the war with Spain We had then four
batteshlps We now have % nearly all of which in
commission The four others which are under construc
ton should soon be ready for service You might en-
phasze this that any of these newer battIeships
which have built since the battle of Manila would
have been than the entire fleet which
Admiral Dewey commanded
THE other advances. They have been notable and
many. There is the increase in the rapidity of fire. We
have actual rapid fire. But in those DAYS such
appliances as introducing might be described
tending to, WELL say decrease sowness of fire. that
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-22
WILL PRESENT NO BILL,
No River and Harbor Measure at This
Session of Congress, Says
Burton.

WASHINGTON. u. c.. Nav 10
The announcement that there will be no
rivers and harborS bill at this session of
Congress and that ne surveys will he
authorized until the next session. was
made today by Representative Burton of
Ohio, chairman of the committee on riv-
erS and harborS, in response to inquiries
made by Representative Moore of Penn
sylvania, in the interest of lat least
oO,OOO,OOO people interested in the pro-
posed inside passage from Boston ia
Key West" Mr.. Burton stated that
there will be merely an administrative
bill at the present session, slightly modi-
flying plans already approved. but carry
ing no appropriations and authorizing no
surveys. This bill will comprise certain
notifications and ampliications of pro
jects affecting Chicago harbor. Mobile
harbor. the mouth of the Mississippi
river and Duluth.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-22
BILL
GIVEN TO HOUSE
APPROPRIATIONS INCLUDE S5.OOO.-
900 FOR COAL ON CRUISE OF
BATTLESHIPS.
LAST OF SUPPLY MEASURES.
Recent Pension Acts Call for Single
Item Amounting to S1O,-
100000.
CORRECTS NAVAL GRADUATION.

WASHINGTON, d. c., May 10
The general deficiency appropriation bill,
the last of the regular government sup
ply bills, was reported to the House to-
day by the committee on appropriations
The bill carries ST., 81, 572. OF this
amount S1O,O00,00O is for pensions,
made necessary by the widows pension
act passed at this session and also by
1907
For the naval establishment, there is
an allowance of S3,156,2 $50, partly neces-
cltated by the recent increase i'll the
pay OF the enlisted men and officers of
the navy and partly by the increased
amount of coal that will be consumed by
the battleShip fleet in going from San
francisco around the world to New
York The total cost of coal and its
transportation for this purpose aggre-
gates $5,0O0,00O.
Increase Pay for Soldiers.
OF the total amount, $1.31O,9O1 is for
the military establishment and covers
among other expenses the Increased pay
OF the enlisted men and officers on the
active and retired lists of the army for
the remainder of this fiscal year These
three items aggregate almost $10, 100000.
The chief other items are: Printing and
blIluluS, SiO-,OtO, Judgments CerJlueQ To
Congress by the court of claims, SS94,-
900; judgments for the Indian depreda-
TONS S114,0OO; accounts audited by the
various departments and certified to Con
gress, $4,000
In accordance with an order from
the navy department., the Annapolis
cadets of the class of 1907 were given
an opportunity of graduating in Sep
TENDER of 1906 or February of 1907. \
number of the cadets took advantage of
this opportunity and remained at the
academy during the vacation period
studying, and succeeded in passing the
examinations in September and Febru-
airy. They are now serving their two
years at sea, but recently a decision
was rendered by the acknowledgement
of the navy department that this order
was illegal and that the graduated mid
shlpmen could not receive their COM
missions as ensigns until two years
from June of 1907.
To Correct Conditions.
The effect of this decision would be
further, to prevent them from obtaining
reasonable status if they should sus-
tain injuries in the service between the
date of their earlier graduation and the
date of the graduation in June. To cor
rect this condition the general deficiency
bill carries provision authorizing these
graduates to be commissioned ensgns
subject to the usual examinations at the
expiration of two years of sea service.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-22
Story of a War Trophy.

Bose Garth. of Clinton, probably
made the first corn shelter used in Mis-
souri,. Fifty years ago, in 1858, he
devised one from wateroak plank and
tenpenny nails. He used it on his farm
until 1861, when Prices men came
through there, saw it was a good thing
and took it down to Jackson's mill,
where it was used to shell the corn
which was ground into meal for Con-
federate soldiers. The old corn shelter
was lost track of for a number of
years by its maker, but afterward he
was informed that it was being pre-
served at Washington among other GU
rious trophies captured from the South.
Clinton Democrat.
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IS TOO YOUNG TO WED NOW.

BOSTON, Mass, May 16.-A girl
emigrant, Sigrid Larsen, who landed
from Norway to wed her Stoughton,
Wis, lover, Peter Peterson, is detained
at the immigration station. The officials
consin unless she married Peterson. She
declared she was too young to wed and
sent Peterson alone to provide the
dovecote, promising to journey westward
later. Her sister, who lives at Slough
ton. will be asked by officials to send an
affidavit to the effect that she will be-
this arrives the girl will be allowed to
depart.