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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-06-05
Democratic State ConyeptIen

The democratic state convention met
ut Carson ut 2 o'clock yesterday after
noon. j. l.. Considine, chairman of the
state committee. called the convention
to order. f. p. Mannix of Rhyolite was
chosen temporary chairman. The usual
committees were appointed and u recess
was taken.
On the ~rc-asSembling of the convcn.
ton. the temporary organization was
made permanent.
y dispatch TO the INDEPENDENT this
forenoon states that the convention en-
dorscd the administration of Governor
Sparks and instructed the delegates to
the national convention to ote for
Bryan.
The following delegates were elected;
Senator Newlands, Governor Dickerson,
L. G.. Clark of Lincoln county. John
Sunderland. Reno. Ole" Elliot of EsnC-
ralda, and Charles Il. Evans Of Nye.
Altcrnatcs: y. q. Dawlcy. ChuS. Green.
Thomas Dunn. a. u. BctterswOrth, Fred
l.. White aud q. w. Thatcher.
The convention endorsed Theodore
Bell of California for chairman of the
national convention.
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Looks Like Bryan

According To the statement in the last
issue of the Commoncr, G6G delegates
to the Denver convention had been
elected. OF these, 5ll were instructed
for Bryan; ~ for Johnson; u for Gray
and l2T We're u~ninStructcd. The coil
vcntion will consist of 1908 delegates
and GI2 will hc necessary to II choice
under the twothirds rule which governs
democratic national conventions.
As Bryan only lacked l6l of having
the necessary twu-thirdS. when the
Cominoncr's statement was mad" and
there were 3I2 delegates To- he yet
elected. ii is Il pretty surc thing that lie
will be nominated.
Al the time the CummOncr's table
WAS published delegates were not
elected in the following states and
territories:
:: Texas. New Hampshire. ArionZl.
West Virginia. New Mexico. Porto
Rico. Nevada. Idaho. Louisiana, Mary.
land, Utah, Arkansas. Montana.
Virginia, kentucky, Colorado, Oregon.
Florida. Tennessee, North Carolina.
Vermont, Georgia. Maine. Mississippi.
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Vision Of Gettysburg.

som years ago an old man with
silvcry hair was led into the cyclOrama
of Gettysburg by Il bright. faced little
girl. Aged and feeble, he sat down,
while the child described 10 him the
picture. Occasionally he asked her a
question us in doubt Of the accuracy Of
her account. She had described the
confederate columns and the struggle
ut the stone wall, when he asked: But
where's the artillery. Mayy' DO you
mean the big guns? They're over there
on the hill in row An in Il ROW."
he asked, Yes she said: 'tEa,c arc
some more down here. but they are all
upset. | think they are burstcd.' Is
that where the men are coming over
the hillg' Yes. grandpa Is there a
grove of trccsf' Yes. it seems to he
full of men. hut the smoke is SO thick
you Il not see them oh. | sec Them
he cried.
1T was then noticed by some Of the
party e him that he was blind. The
little girl answered: %. no. grandpa,
you can't see them yes, / can said
the old soldier. 4 can see the men. the
grove, and tho broken cannon lying
about Tho child looked at him in
innocent surprise. and said: You arc
joking. grandpa NO. my dear an.
swcrcd the old man. NO. that was the
last thing ! q w. There was II
caisson exploded there just this side Of
the stone wall. and that was tho last
terrible picture | over saw. for il was
then that | lost my cycsight. and [ have
never got the picture out Of my mind"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-06-05
Bryan'S Knockers

Republican newspapers have had very
little to do in determining who should
he nominated for president by the re.
publicanS, for one Theodore Roosevelt
settled that long ago and he didn't ask
any ones consent either. The situation
no doubt furnishes one reason why the
republican press is 50 busy telling the
democrats who to nominate for prcsi-
dent and it is not strange that the
whole bunch is against Mr.. Bryan for
everybody recognize, the fact that Mr..
Bryan is now stronger with the people
of the United States than at any time
since lS0G.-Troy Democrat.
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A VERY A AFFAIR
Officer Coiani Strikes 4 Prisoner With his Gun
and the Man Dies on Way TO Hospital.

About D o'clock this morning there
was q drunken row in front of the -
saloon. Deputy Constable Cotant hap.
pened along and arrested II Mexican and
startedtot take him to Jail. When nearly
i'll front of the sheriff's Office some diff,
ticulty arose between him and his pris,
oner and Cotant struck the man over
tina head with his gun. He then locked
him in Il cell in the old Jail.
About 1880 this forenoon, the man
was found to Ike dying. DIR. Ely was
sent for and. ordered the man taken to
the hospital ut nee y wagon Was ST.
cured and the man WAS started for the
hospital. but he died before reaching
there. We learn that the maj had Il
deep cut Oh the head about four inches
above the left eye, and probably died
from this injury.
We were unable to learn the partic-
ulars of the affair further than the
above Us those who knew about it
refused to tell us anything.
From what we were able To learn. il
appears that the dead man. another
man whose name is unknown and a
stranger, who gives his names rs J. F.
Bales. had Il row i'll the 10 saloon. Bales
claimed that the dead man and his
companion took his hat and the fight
that followed he Bales WAS hit OH the
head with II rock. II WAS during this
fight that Officer CDrant made the
arrest Bales went before Judge Bruce
and sworc toa complaint charging the
man arrested with assault and battery y.
Bales refused tn talk 10 the writer.
Nothing WAS found on the person of
the dead man bv which he could be
identified. Cornor Bruce summoned a
jury and an inquest will be hell this
evening.
W. have been unable to see Officer
Cotant or Constable Oudcrkirk and
learn their version of the affair. Until
the facts are brought out ut the inquest
and the affair thoroughly investigated
the INDEPENDENT asks the public t,
suspend judgment. This much is due
to Officer Cotant.
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Plans a pla Game Prnsnrun.

Henry Carnegie Phipps. whose on.
gngement to Miss Gladys Mills waa
recently announced. IL planning 10
havo n OF tho largest game prc
serves on Long Island. It was for tha,
ultimate purpose tina; he purchased
tho old Dun estate between ITomp.
stead and Wantagh.
The young people, who will prob
ably be married the first week in u,
coinber, are 10 live on n beautiful new
estate near Wcstbury. whore Mr..
Phipps has allied himself with tho
Meadow Brook SGT.
In the art OF riding to hounds few
excel Miss Mills. who. by tho wov
was one of those To finish with ,ho
men OF the field tho other day AT the
hnht OF tho Meadow Brook club nm
which occasion Paul Ralncy acted ma
NJ +. H.. and when Scott Cameron
and G. Caswell came choppers, I'm,
~cro not seriously hurt.
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WHERE BRYAN WILL STAND

In Il speech i'll BOnestccl. South Da-
kota, William J.. Bryan gave what may
be regarded us the essence of the next
democratic national platform in case
Mr.. Bryan is the nominee. Here il is:
"The democrats will ask for the cleo
ton of senators by Il direct vote of the
people in order that it may he easier
for the voter to control the govern.
mcnt: The democrats will ask for
effective Legislation against the trusts in
order that the people may be protected
from monOpOlics; the democrats will
ask for the reduction Of tariff in order
that people may he relieved from OK.
cessivo taxation; the democrats will
ask for effective railroad legislation that
tho people may he protected from
watcrcd stock and fictitious capitaliza.
ton. for until we know what the rail.
roads are actually worth We cannot dc.
tcrminc what they should collect in
tho way of transportation rates: the
democrats will ask for u reconciliation
Of the differences between labor and
capital that these two important factors
In business may work h%armoniously 10
gethor. The democratic party will
oppose Imperialism, which Is violating
the fundamental principles of orr
government and is at the sa,nc time
increasing our expense for army and
navy. The democratic party will ask
for legislation, state and national. to
protect bank dcpOsitors and to prevent
nnnirs
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-06-05
RAYMOND ROBINS and
THE CAMPAIGN ISSUE

In his dramatic and convincing
speech before the Federation of Labor
at Chicago on the 10th Raymond Robins
sounded what is not unlikely to be the
keynote of tho approaching presidential
and congressional campaign. The
analogy he drew between the bred
Scott slave decision of fifty years ago
and the Danbury labor decision of the
present year, was impressivcly exact;
and his quotations from Lincoln's criti-
cisms of that decision were almost us if
they had been framed especially for
criticising this one.
If 1t was necessary to convince that
audience, representing hundreds of
thousands Of Chicago ~workingmen, that
Danbury decision is the f%orcrunner of
supreme court decisions which will con-
denim all effective labor unionism as
conspiracies under the Sherman anti
trust law, just as Lincoln saw in the
bred Scott decision tho f%orerunner of
supreme court decisions making slavery
n national institution, Mr.. Robins did
1t. If IL was necessary to convince
them that nothing will stop this tend.
ency to strangle labor %unionisrn, short
of an emphatic labor demonstration at
the polls next fall, Mr.. Robins did that
also. His speech, both in form and
substance, was one of the kind that
become historical landmarks of political
TnNynl0,NtnN, B AL L.. -
the supreme Importance Of the situa.
ton,
1t will not take many such speeches
before labor audienccs-or indeed before
audiences of any other class Of fair.
minded mcn-to change the face of the
political situation. Let it once lie
generally felt, rs Mr.. Robins argued,
and tho fact seems to- bc, that tho
supreme court of to-day is to our pluto
crazy what tho supreme court Of fifty
years ago was to the slavOcracy, and
startling events would occur. A vote
OF decisive magnitude from all parties
would come over to those presidential
and congressional candidates, and only
to those who. being within the posi-.
bilities Of election, arc Of such character
personally and stand upon such plat.
forms politically, IS to leave no room
for distrust. 1t begins to look as If
organized w0rkingmcn had been forced
into q realization Of their danger from
plutocracy; nor Of their own danger
alone, but of the danger TO oil whose
prosperity depends upon u fair distri.
button Of the products of labor.--From
the Public.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-06-05
DO You Know That

y bee can fly faster than IA pigeon?
y mole will starvc to death in ~ day?
TIL" gray bnzzarl * the largest bird
that flies:
Fish hooks have not changed matcri-
ally in 1000 years?
England consumes almost two pounds
Of tobacco for each inhlbitant?
In China the children share equally
III" properly when the parents dicy
Amsterdam and Antwerp have the
best health record of European citicsY
The Salvation Army has u factory
where it makes all it's musical instru-
mcntsy
The mikado has sixty doctors and
thirty priests?
Deep water diving ran bc carried ON
with safety ut 2I6 feet?
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EARLY RISING rs CONDEMNED.
q Habit Which May Severely Tax tho
Vital Powers.

There is no adequate support for
the impression that he early informing
hours are In any VIZ more wholesome
or healthy than later periods Of tho
day. Exec! IL -.inrlpr time they
are apt 1" be dan. fogSy, chilly and
among the least desirable hours n,
daylight. II is quite true that during
the summer there Is Il sense OF cxbil.
nTation about being abroad In these
early morning hours, but this cyapo.
rates with the dew and is ant Ia bs
succeeded by Il corresponding depres.
SION and loss of working power later
III tie day. | have been observing nv
friends II patients for the past 20
years In this respect. and am inclined
to III" opinion that not "A little of the
depression and ncrvoucncss which
commonly develop In hot weather is
uhc 10 excessive exposure to light,
from habits OF early rising, inherited
from AGRICULTURAL ancestors. not coun.
tcracted by three to four hours rest
IN darkcncd rooms In the middle OF
the day.
Secondly. that the cxhllaration OK.
i'r!"nccd during the early morning
hours Is an expensive luxury which
mas To be paid for later In the day.
In TACT, | have found that rs a general
RUE to put II very roughly. the bust.
ness or professional man who rises
an hour before 100 or S. goes TO
bed. or loses his working puwer
an hour and a half earlier in the
evening. Each individual has I'm
the beginning OF his day about SO
much working Eowcr stored M, IN his
brain and muscle cells. II no uens
iH'S mp with great rapidl,y in tho
early morning hours he naturally cx.
hh'Ists his stock the sooner in th.
afternoon.
IL Is largely a matter az when n
man wishes To he ut his best. II his
occupation Is o: sucn a cha-.Iter that
he can clear on the brunt OF his
Work In the early morning hours. then
let him rise early. If on the uthul
hand he requires full yiGOr and rcadi.
ness OF mind aud body In the latter
part OF tho day. or at night, then
he must rise later to get IL. Even
IN lhrc muscle work 1t II false econ.
omy To work too long bours Amer.
team Magazine.
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THE DAILY INDEPENDENT
Entered at the ElKo postonice for TRANSMISSION
through ise mails rs second-class matter.
A HARBINGER OF SPRING
SUBSCRIPTION RATES

Glorious spring isn't the only bless
ing that's coming to us these days.
Right along with the lilacs and the
violets and daisies, redolent with sweet
and tender memories, inspiring with
their symbolic promise that the bleakest
bitterest winter that ever was or will
be must yield, eventually, before the
splendor of beneficent summer. ome
Colonel Henry Watterson, writing
editorials ITO Your Tents, o Israeli"
It's good, indeed. to see Colonel
Watterson budding with the johnny
juInp-ups. It's good to see that he, like
they, vas only sleeping. And now that
we find him, as in the fine old days,
mounted firmly on the editorial tripod,
pouring forth his soul in all the resist
less eloquence with which he once
wooed the Star Eyed Goddess, singing
the praises and the glories and the hopes
of the immortal democratic party, we
feel that democracy, too, is marching
right in, along with spring, that the
fruition of democratic hopes will come
in overlooking measure with that of
the apple blossoms. in November!
Things haven't seemed just right
during all these years that the greatest
of Kentucky colonies has either been
sulking in his tent, like the mighty
Achilles, or been roaming barren hills
alien to democracy searching after and
wooing strange gods and imbibing mt
the fountains of hereto crceds. We
have had Bryan, it is true; but, greedy
after good things. our hearts have
ached for the love of our tender youth
we've yearned for our Wandering Boy
Of Old Kentucky to come home.
And he's come! His golden, mellow
voice is reverberating up and down the
Ohio valley, and penetrating far into
the magnolia groves Of the sunny south.
It's singing the song of democracy and
Bryan, and II million democratic pulses
will leap as that never forgotten music
falls on democratic ears, ITO Your
Tents, o Israeli" it calls.
Dinna ye hear the slogan; the slogan
of Watterson and the spring? The
slogan of democratic hope and promise3
There have been fine springs before,
but never n n that had for its har-
binger so sweet-throated q Kentucky
cardinal. Omaha World Herald.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-06-05
The Base Ball Game.

The base hall game Saturday after
noon between the Elko and Winnie
mucca teams was the warmest ever seen
in Elko. After considerable trouble in
selecting an umpire, Jud Dakin WAS
finally selected to umpire the balls and
strikes and Charles Kaiser the bases.
The game opened with Winnemucca
at the bat and the first inning resulted
in II goose egg for them. The Elko boys
followed with the same result. The
second inning for both sides resulted
the am During the first half of this
inning. the Elko boys objected to the
decisions of Umpire Dakin Oh balls and
strikes and he stepped down and ont.
After some delay, Attorney Henderson
was prevailed upon to take the position.
Shortly after the game started again.
Umpire Kaiser made a decision against
the Winnemucca boys that reused their
ire and Mr.. Kaiser quit his job. This
left Mr.. Henderson rs sole umpire of
the game.
The game then proceeded with
neither side scoring up to the last half
of the 9th inning when the Elko boys
scored two ~tallicS, leaving them just
that many ahead of their opponents.
In the eth inning. Winnemucca scored
Il tallcy and the Elko boys did the same.
In the Sth. each side scored two t~allics.
making il stand } To > in favor of Elko.
l., t1n ~ 49, l.1T sc a., .th, ,l., AI",.,,,
mucca boys added another tallcy to their
score, making them 1 To the Elko team
). As the Eiko boys had the bacon
tucked a way i'll their basket they did
moi play their half of the 9th inning.
There WAS II great deal of jangling
during the game that came very near
breaking up the game. The decisions
of Umpire Henderson being the bonc of
contention. The decisions that caused
the trouble were against the Winnie
mucca team and the effect of them
doubtless went a long ways towards
giving the victory To the ElkO boys.
While the business of one Of the decis.
ions WAS bitterly questioned by the
Winncmucca boys, nome of them qucS-
toned Mr.. lIcndcrson's fairness. The
point at issue WAS a close one and Mr..
Henderson decided aS he SAW il. lie
stools by his guns and the game went
on to its close.
There WAS u big crowd at the game
and Il vast amount of roofing WAS done.
The noise AT times was almost dcafcn.
ing and WAS made for the purpose of
rattling the visitors. While this may
he all i'll the game and can he justified
on the puinciplc of AL is fair in love
ana war, il does not seem right. If Eiku
invites ii number of young men Of Il
ncighbOring town To- cngagr in Il friend.
ly contest with her young men. they
should be- treated fairly and nothing
should be done to attract their attention
from the work at hand. That is tho
way 1t strikes Us. but We presume We
are not up.to-datc in this matter.
The line mp Of the teams was a!
| Tll-
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NOTICE OF AssEssMLsr
NEvApA.FAInvInw MINING cow.

MlNtNG COAPASY
Principal place OF business, Elko. E,lo
", Nevada. General onlce outside Of NsrssH
ga Atlas Block, Salt Luke City. liar ,u''
ZION OF mines, Fairview Mining Dis,~Ia
Churchill county. Nevada. Hc''
Notice Is hereby given that ut a ns.,,..
the board OF directors Of Neyadn.Eatn"
Mining Company. held on the 18th dav =, ~
1903. Assessment No. , OF one. half ny ca,.'e!'
share was levied upon the capital stocL -, peI
corporation. issued and outstanding nn,.
Immediately to the Secretary at the onca :"
the company, 2I Atlas Block, Salt Iato ~
Utah. wy
Any stock upon which this asscs,mep, ,.-
remain unpaid ON Saturday, the Stb a,r
June. 1908, will be delinquent und udver,Iss,
Tor sale ut public auction, and unless parnas.
Is made before. will be sold on Monlnv ar
9th day OF July, 1908, ut I o'clock Z. NJ. n, ~
companys onlce, 2I Atlas Block. Sal, -
CITY, Utah, to pay the Delinquent assessman,
thereon, together with the cost OF udyer,Isi,.
and expense OF sale.
GIDEON SNYDER. Sccre,ar,
By order OF the board OF directors. the ,,,.
when stock shall be Delinquent pursuant IN a..
foregoing notice is changed to and inrIr,I,.
July 8. lVoS, aud sale day TO Monday. Au,r.,
IL, 1908, at O'Clock p. m. ut the compar,,.
ONCE. "li Atlas Block, Salt Lake City. mai
GIDEON SNYDER.
Secretary
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DID SERVICE AT BUNKER HILL
Maine Man Owns Musket That Was
Used in Historic Conflict.

AlonZo Smith OF Skowhcgan, Me.
has an old gun, which was used In the
battle of Bunker Hill. I3l years ago
Many who fought on the American
side on the 18th of June aftcrward
went to Maine to settle. among them
Billy Smith, Il private in the Second
New Hampshire regiment. Mr.. Smith,
the great-grandfather of Alonzo Smith
OF Skowhegan, settled I'm Cornville Is
1870. and his grave is in the orchard
on Il farm neal where his grandson.
Clark II. Smith, now lives. The mus
ket which Billy Smith carried at Bun.
kcr Hill was among his effects brought
to Cornville. and on his death passed
Into the hands of his son. David, and
was by him bcqueathed to his grand.
son. Sylvester Smith. a few years
ago. when Sylvester left for tho wust,
ne gavo the famous old muskct to
Sylvester Smith OF Skodhcgan, who
now treasures II as Il family heirloom.
one remark made by Billy Smith I'm
relating his experiences at Bunker
Hi has been handed down to his dc.
|Sccndants, tU tho effect that he felt
some rcptgnanCe at first In shooting
nj the rcdcoats Ms they came up the
slope, but after the first few shots he
could ns easily take aim mt n British
officer ms he could al n partridge. The
gun Itself Is In working order. barring
the loss Of the flint, and could DO
easily re'eGuiDpcd for actual use.
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PoMnr of the Anrhen.

81 don't mind so much slipping on n
banana pceliHg," che sighed. but II
there's anything that gets on my
nerves II Ia TO be stabbed with n push.
cart Here's II coming. IIurry!"
That's the secret OF tho success of
those Immigrant people who invade
this country" he remarked MS they
sped out Of the way. "g'hcy keen
straight ahead In spite Of MI obsta.
clcs. II anything is ahead OF them.
they knock u down. You soc Il every.
where. a drove Of incoming lmmI.
grants with their bundles and valiscs
Is equal 10 about two dozen frenzieJ
automobiles"
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RIGHT AND LEFT HANDEDNEss
Matter OF ''ysieaI Structure, Accord
ing to an Authority.

George NJ. Gould of philndcIuhIa
says that mentality preceded and
created structure. II has been shown
that the mechanisrns that give the
man external validity. speech and
VIZ. IS, are onc.sidcd. THIS onc.sidcd
differentiation is progressive through.
out liie. Observation-Disclosures Is partially
II matter OF Observation-Disclosures. I'm o.
per cent. OF children tho right eye IS
inc bettcr'T cling eye. If one Is right.
uhhdcd the ccntcrs for writing and
sp' IN must be on the left side and tho
VISUAL ccntcrs on the Same side
PGrhc!ogy follows any attcmpt 10 I'm.
terfcrc with right or cft-handodncss,
lbrsc persons who demand right.
handcdness Of the l%ert.bandcd cbIId
make him morbid and maladroIt. h
author gives several very interesting
cases OF the lifelong Gripping of The
Ia 'nltics All mechanism of writing
resulting from attempts 10 make n Ieft.
handed person learn ~ uso tho wrong
sldc OF his brain for writing Medical
Record.
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AIways Man Of Determination.

Herr Dcrnb"r; Of III" German colo.
NAL office In ~" early days OF his
career served an apprenticeship with
4 New York banking house and nj that
time mad many acquaintGnCcs In
Wall street. II is said OF him that he
vas ono Of only two or three out Of
an Office force of 50 who reported for
duty the day Of the great blizzard ~
years ngO. This vas suggestive of the
determination which helped him much
In his later life on advancing him 20
his present position. To which hc was
named by the German emperor for the
purpose OF reducing to order the chaos
which had existed In the administra.
ton OF the German colonies