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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-06-27
SALMAGUNDI

u DR.. SRE. Wilson, the dentist, will be
in Elko about July Is, 'Os.
Morris GuidaRger is in town from
Ruby Valley. He reports everything
lovely in that section. .,
If you want to buy New Home sew
ing machine Or; a new Iroquois bicycle,
call on or address this Office.
Rev. George n. Greenfield returned
from Reno this morning. He says the
riverside city looked lively to him.
Constable Ouderkirk sold the personal
property in, the Eagle Hotel today ito
satisfy judgements against the pro-
prietors.
The Elko republicans donot seem to-
eIifhuse much over the nomination of
Taft and Sherman. We havn't heard a
Taft cheer yet.
Mrs. Hahn, sister of James Britt,
arrived from the state Of Washington
Yesterday. She seemed surprised to find
her brother in Jail. ... ..
Thomas B. Frost of White Rock has
an interesting notice elsewhere in this
issue. Business men should read it and
govern themselves accordingly.
y DR.. Birtch, the oculist, will remain in
Elko for another week before going to
to the northern part of the county.
Eyes examined free and glasses cor
rectly fitted
Sheriff Clark and District Attorney
Caine are expected home tomorrow.
They went to Gold Creek to investigate
the Britt case and from there they
went to Aura.
An Arkansas saloonkeeper expired
after drinking his own whiskey and
eating d banana. Bartenders ought to
leave experiments of that kind entirely
to their patrons.
Republicans should read New York
Suns estimate of Sherman, their candi-
date for vice-president. The Sun is a
republican paper and doubtless knows
whereof it speaks
Mr.. Owens 16-horse power gasoline
runabout arrived last night, 1t weighs
1900 pounds and is. built after the style
ola light wagon. He tried it out in
tRwn t0E and it behaved nicely. 1t
seems to be just the thing for rough
country. ..,-...... =. :...G
Mr.. Bradley has changed the outer
doors of the opera house to swing out
ward. This outward swing of the doors
will prevent jam at the doors in case
of panic and may be the means of pre-
venting loss of life. The people will
appreciate the change.
Will the resublican party preach pros
perity this fall? How will they explain
away the wreck and ruin caused by the
panic? They can't blame the dem
ocrats this time for their party has been
i'll power nearly twelve years. They
will probably call the panic IL holiday
and let it go at that.
Mrs. Bilkey and children will leave
tonight for Alameda, where they ex-
pect to make their future home Mr..
and Mrs. Lytton and Mrs. Mclaughlin
will follow them in about two weeks.
The many friends of Mrs Bilkey wish
her and the children success and happi-
ness in their new home
Senator Flanagan asserts that he is
Noing to swing Nevada into the Taft
Column and is going to elect republi-
can senator and republican congress-
man. The Gazette prints his remarks
and adds THAT is enough talk for the
present" The Gazette don't hit the
nail on the head very numerously but
it struck it square that time.-Appeal
Suits have been begun in the U. S.
district court at Carson against the Cen
trail Pacific, Southern Pacific and the
United States TruHt CornTanv of NepU
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-15
NEW PARTY FORMED
IDEA OF CLUB IS TO BE ABAN-
 DONED.
Organization Just Completed Will Con- froI Sixty Votes In Japan's Lower Houae--Adjustment of Finances
 Main Plank.

Tokio, July 2S.-The formation is an- nounced of a new political party, con- sisting mainly of politicians. who have hitherto rank ed as independent or as business. The preliminary organiza- ton seems to have progressed very favorably, and according to present appearances the party will command something like sixty votes in the lower house.
 From statements attributed to the promoters, the idea of a mere club Is likely to be abandoned, and the as- sociation will register itself as a reg ular political party. There is not tc be any avowal of support to the cab inet or of opposition to the Saiyu- Kai.
 The main blanks of the party's pla<- form will be adjustment of finances and rehabilitation of the empires for eign policy. On these great ques- tions, the members will vote in con cert, but in small matters they will be allowed to exercise personal lib- erty.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-15
PLENTY OF MAcKEREL THIS YEAR,
The Catch of Nova Scotaa Has Sur
 passed All Previous Records. Tinted States Consular Reports.

The Catch of Nova scoSa Has Sur passed All Previous RecOrds. United States Consular Reports A report from Consul General David F. Wilbur. at Halifax. states that the catch of mackerel in Nova Scotia wat CTS this season is one of immense pro- porations and vessels are breaking all previous records. Under date of June IT. he writes:
 "So prolonged has been the catch so far this season that 1t puzzles the fish ermen to handle it. The supply of barrels being low, fishermen are pre- paring to pack the mack eral in pun cheons, boxes, old boats or anything elese they can find. Other than the shortage of barrels, the only drawback is the supply of salt, which is running low in many of the ports along the coast Rush orders are being sent for A sufficient supply. Old fishermen state that never before in their recol' lection have the mackerel been so numerous as they are at the present time along this coast, and with the fine weather they are reaping a great har- vest.
 .Iunenburg. Nova Scotia, is claim ing to be a rival of Gloucester, Mass., as the port handling the most fish in North America. During the week end ing June 6 reports are available for nineteen vessels of the Lunenburg fish ina, fleet. which shows that these ves- sells caught 15.510 quintals of ll2 pounds each of fish, which were worth | at that time S6.50 quintal, represent ing A harvest of s9S. 475. an average for | the week of each vessel engaged or about s6.OOO
 .sThe mackerel catch of Guysboro' Nova Scotia. this season has been the largest in the last twenty years. Here if Is not uncommon for one man to catch from 1900 to 1900 nackerel in his nets. sometimes making as high as s200 a day. =.
 "At Riverport Nova Scotia. the catch is also far above the average. Re- ports from fourteen schooners fishing off the banks show that they have caught 300 quintals of 1l2 pounds each, valued at $56.65O, an average of over s4.0O0 for each vessel.
 ''rThe mackerel are first rough dressed on the vessel from which they are caught then sold and landed and put through another process of dressing, being more carefully prepared and put down in salt brine in bapels of 200 pounds each. containing from l2O to 300 mack erel each. according to the size. These sell at wholesale here from S1O to SIP a barrel, and are shipped principally to Boston and New York and the cheaper grades to the West Indies"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-15
England's Famous Firm of Lioyds
 That Is Betting" Against Bryan

by the verdict, and the premium ask ed, a strange coincidence. was About the odds offered in the betting here, which was considerable.
 One. of the periodical sources of bus mess to the underwriters at Lloyds Is dsssuhance against ran when some great public event is to take place which demands fine weather if the pro- motors are to reap their expected prof its. Though specific information is not at hand. the underwriters would be departing from their usual practice if they have not carried heavy policies against loss to the promoters of the Olympian games In London should bad weather seriously cut the attendance.
 When last spring the crops in the West were held back by heavy rains and the rivers were making new high water marks, a Chicago man wagered i s15.000 that 1t would rain a certain number of days in May. He won, and repeated his bet for June. He did not hesitate to call his transactions bets" and as such they were read of by an in- terested public all across the country. He failed to come within the pale of responsibility. a Lloyds man will in- sist, because there was no element of loss involved warranting the payment. and no premium was paid.
 Though 1t fs little known, 1t is a common thing for the promoters of outdoor events on this side of the water to take out Lloyds policies. The man. agers of the last Vanderbilt cup race on Long Island insured themselves, not against rain, for there were no ad- mission fees to be lost. but against suits for damages arising out of &C., cidents.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-15
IIoyds' Heaviest Loss.


 Insurance against the spelling of an outdoor spectacle cost Loyds one of the heaviest losses in its history. Lon- don had expended hundreds of thou- sands of pounds on decorations and stands along the route of what was to have been King Edwards coronation procession in 1902. For premiums. which eventually rose from 10 to 25 per cent, the underwriters had insured the prospective profits of the owners of the street stands and of tradesmen who had stocked up heavily in anticipation of a heavy holiday demand, the idea being that only a phenomenal storm could keep the people indoors and pre- vent gross profits from reaching the upset the carefully worked out weather mortality" calculations of the experts by taking i'll and causing the indefinite postponement of the ceremony.
 4 new source of business to Lloyds from this side of the water for which the burden of obligations seems to lie heavily with US. has arisen out of the apparent inability of the police to pro- tect property from the bombs of the Black Hanad. As every householder knows who carries a fire insurance policy. damage by explosion is not good. The London underwriters, per haps made optimistic by their wide separation from the troubled East Side. have so far shown no reluctance to take on Black Hand risks for the modest premium of per cent. Several holders of Astor leaseholds on tene- ment property within the Bomb belt'' have taken such policies from London against dynamite outrages.
 A certain group of Lloyds men have for years made speciality of insurance against domestitc calominities. Firms can be discouted for small premium, and triplets for even less. the under writers claiming to have reduced this from long experience to truly scien- tifc basis. The classic joke among in- suranee men Is the ''mother-in- law policy" by which a man was insured for 10000 pounds against laying vio- lent hands on his motther-in-law.
 Why it should have been worth Sd much money to him to keep his temper is explained in this wise. The insured had been willed 25,O00 pounds by his mother -in-law on the sole condition that he did not molest her during her life, He wanted to realize on his legacy, but could not borrow money because of the qualifying clause in the will. If he could give the proper guarantee that the will would not be revoked for tthat cause, the money lenders were willing to advance 10000 pounds. A Lloyds agent was found with sufficient faith in the son n-in-law's self-control to write a policy insuring the money lenders against this contingency.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-15

ed an the cause of agriculture between the years l6S0-1740.
 Full claimed that. since 1t was from the soil that plants derived their nour- ishment. the finer the condition of the soil the better would be the results to the farmer.
 He also insisted upon deep blowing to give moisture to the plants roots. and upon frequency of cultivation to keep the surface open to the induenca of the rays of the sun.
 In a word. 1t was the Englishman who first stroVe to impress upon mems minds the idea that farming was a science, and that in order to get good crops agriculture needed to. be car- ried out upon scientific principles.
 Tull furthermore believed that there was no reason why agriculture should be carried on almost wholly by brute strength He believed in saving as much of mans labor and strength as possible, and he set himself to the task of finding ways and means of doing farm work that should be an improvement upon the old muscle wearing methods.
 His thinking took shape In the In- vention of a horseshoe. a grain drill and a threshing machine-not much of a threshing machine, it is true. as com- pared with those of today, but still a great improvement upon the old-time flail.
 The impetus given to scientific farm ing by Full started the movement which was later on taken up with en- tn usiasm by Arthur Young. the core spondent and friends of Washington.
 Young did a great deal for agricul- ture. By his pen, by travel and pains taking investigation and experiment, and last but not least, by series of bright and useful inventions. he did more for the ancient art than any man of his day and generation.
 With the birth of modern chemistry and through the writings and experi- ments of such men as Sir Humphrey Davy. Thomas Jefferson, Justus von Liebig and others, agriculture began to look up as 1t never had before, and today, as a result of those mems la bors, the farmer is beginning for the first time since farming began. to get from the earth something like a fair return for his toll.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-15
MOB AT PORTSMOUTH
THREE HUNDRED STORM JAIL TO
 GET NEGRO.
Was Held On Charge Of Criminally Assembling An, Aged White WO- man on Last Monday
 Night.

Norfolk, Va, Aug. 15.-A mob of more than 300 men attacked the Ports mouth Jail at 1 o'clock this morning. bent on lynching William King and Henry Smith, both negroes. who were held on the charge Of crininally as- saulting Mrs. Katherine Powell, an aged white woman, last Monday night The negroes had been removed to the Norfolk Jail earlier in the evening for safe keeping.
 The mob forced the doors of the jail but were met by Deputy Sheriff Heu- bert and half score of officers, of whom the cell keys were demanded and refused.
 At 2 o'clock the crowd had left the vicinity of the jail. and it is reported that they are congregating elsewhere and intend to march to Norfolk and at- tack the jail in the hope of securing the prisoners.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-15
WEIGH DEFEATS MURPHY

English Lightweight Champion Gets
 Decision over American.
 Los Angeles, Cal, Aug. 14.-Fred- die welch. the English lightweight champion, was warded the decision over Johnny Murphy of San Fran cisco at the end of the twenty fifth round in the Jeffries Athletic Club at Vernon tonight. The fight afforded the greatest exhibition of gameness ever seen fin a local ring. Murphy reel ing through fifteen rounds in a groggy condition, under rain of blows that cut his lips and nose to ribbons, and closed both eyes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-15
NEGRO COMMITS SUICIDE.

Media, Pa. Aug. 14.--Moses Spence. e negro, shot and killed himself at UJp- per Providenve, near here. tonight, to avoid capture by posse which was after him for having threatened to kill Miss Margaret Mcclure at Rosetree The negro nearly blew off the top of his head with a shot gun.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-15

reach Memphis arrived tonight from Ftckens. Holmes County, Miss. four days ahead of the average. and eight days ahead of the first bale of last season. The cotton classed strict mid ding
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-15
MONUMENT FOR MRS. sEMPI.E.
Marker Selected by President TyIer's
 Daughter is Placed.

Williamsburg. CVa.). Special
 4 monument has been placed in Bru- ten Parish Churchyard to the memory of Mrs. Letitia Tyler semple. dauEh- ter of the late John Tyler. President ef the United States. and mistress of the White House during a part of her fa- ther's term of office.
 The Inonumtnt was selected by Mrs. Semple about eight years before her death. The inscriptions were also made at Mrs. Semple's direction. leaving blank the date of her death. which ocs cured December 2s. 1907.
 In accordance with her wishes, the monument was cut out of pa&ara burg granite. and upon completion. waa placed in storage bv the builder. Nj FIavey, of Washington. until a FcpE weeks ago. 1t being Mrs. Semple's Ge- sire that 1t should rot be put up unsr after her deat
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-15
Run Down. HeeIs Make Feet Tired.

Tired feet cause an almost uncomfortable pain, yet many suffer from such merely through carelessness in not having the heels of shoes strengthened.
 You know what it is to put on an old pair of shoes that have been cast aside for months and if the heels are crooked 1t is almost an itnposslbility to step in them. yet one will Eo on for weeks wearing high heeled shoes that throw the ankles out of place.
 Burning feet are caused by poor clrcula- tion. This can be cured in a short time by plunEing the feet into moderately hot water. then cold. and applying witch hazel or bay rum.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-15
OMAHA IS SELECTED.
Convention of Eagles Win Assemb
 Grand Aefre There.

OVHVeMtIOh OA EukEe9 VIII ABBemhIe
 Grand Aeire There.
 Seattle, Wash, Aug. 14-Omoha, Neb., was selected as the city in which to hold the 1909 convention of Eagles, at the session of the Grand Aerie todaq.
 The following officers were elected;
 Grand Worthy President, B. J. Morg- han. Philadelphia; Grand Worthy Vice President, Frank E. Leoyng, South Bend. Ind: Grand Worthy Chaplain, John A. Cline. Cleveland. O.; Grand Worthy Secretary. Conrad E. Mann, Milwaukee,; Grand Worthy Treasurer. Finley McRea, McHenry. Mont; Grand Worthy Conductor, Charles E. McDon- aid, Buffalo, N. Y.; Brand Inside Guard. Robert |. Armstrong, Fort Worth. Tex.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-15
Hold Up Train.

Spokane. Wash. Ang. 14-Bandits held up the Northern Pacific westbound passenger train tonight near Terent, nine miles east of Spokane. A special train with officers has gone to the scene. It is not yet known whether the robbers got away with much loot.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-15
a--@-----@-----73---7- LITTLE BOY KILLS SISTER.
Playing With shot Gun Which is Ae
 cidentaIIy Discharged.

Nashville. Tenn. Aug. 14.-A Hop- kinsville, Ky, dispatch says Walter Mayton, aged nine, shot and instantly killed his sister, aged seven, with a shot gun. They were playing with the weapon when it was accidentally discharged, blowing of the top of the little girls head. They are children of a prominent farmer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-15
Priaonern AraIn Novnd

Bloomington, H., August 14-Rich- ardson and James. Springfield negroes, brought here to avoid mob late to- night were hurriedly placed aboard a train and taken to Peoria to prevent the possible capture by a crowd of rioters which, it was feared, might come to Bloomington after the negroes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-15
..Rett,nxY on Trials of Peers.

The 'betting" on the trials of peers which The London Chronicle nearly century and a half ago classed with other forms of 'fllicit gaming" which 1t acused old Lloyds of harboring. found it's parallel in New York only last year. when Lloyds wrote policy against the conviction of Harry K. Thaw for the murder of Stanford White. The premium charged was 30 Ruineas in the 100 pounds or S1 1-2 per cent, the agreement calling for the navment of the face of the policy if the prisoner was executed. It was never revealed to whom the policy was payable, but at the time 1t was sug- gested that it might be granted a legitimate transaction above all taint of gambling, if 1t was taken as issur- ance against the damage to the pres tige of the trial lawyers which would
 result from a conviction. That the TJovd underwriters were shrewdly in-
 9ormed of the conditions governing New York jury trials was borne out
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-15
JaIIed at RIoomington.

Bloomington, Ill., Aug. l4-George Richardson and Joseph James. negroes. were brought here from Springfield to- night and lodged in jail 10 prevent their lynching at Springfield.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-15
SPRINGFIELD
 ENLARGED
(cOntinued from Page one.D

(cOntinued from Page One.) verted with q spectacular run made by the fire department, and the depar- ture of the negroes was not noticed. Governor Deneen ordered out Troop D. 1st Cavalry. and had them assembled at the arsenal to be at the disposal Of Sheriff Werner. The troops are on guard at the jail tonight.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-15
sTABs UNCLE.

After Brief Argument Young Man Conn.,
 mits Murder.
 Mount Carmel. Paa Aug. 14.-7After brief argument on tho street here to- day. Daniel Thompson, young man, stabbed and killed his uncle. Daniel Bierch. The weapon entered the elder mans neck and he died instantly. The police arrested Thompson and he was quickly removed to the Jail at Sudbury. Pa
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-15

First CottoE at Memphis.
 Memphis. Tenn.,e Aug, 14-The first bale of cotton of the growth of 1908 to
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-15
NanhInrton ApnOintmentn,

Washington, D. C., Aug. 14.-(spe- cial. .)--Harley L. Kindig appointed postmaster at Ashley. Conecuh county. vice J. P Anderson. resigned.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-15
rIrnt scientIflc Fnrmer :.

Chicago Farmers and Drovers Journal.
 The first scientific farmer so far as the record shows. was one Jethro Tull.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-15
How Policies Are Secured.

How Policies Are Secured.
 Since 1871 the successors of Edward
 Lloyd's patrons have been an incorpo-
 rated concern with a charter giving
 them the three-fold privilege of writ
 ing marine insurance" protecting the interest of members" and 'the collec- tion and diffusion of intelligence and
 information with respect to shipping"
 As has been stated. marine insurance
 Is the only form of policy which has the backing of the corporation.
 To secure these policies, each of the 500 underwriting members of the total
 body of 2,500, deposits with trustees
 upon admission securities to the value
 of S25,0OO, which constitute a fund responding to the capital and surplus of an insurance company. All otner classes of risks have only the backing of credit and good faith of the makers of inc policy and their associates in the underwriting. for the strange risks which have ma6U, Lioyds famous are usually subscribed to by many mem bers each taking a small share ana thus dividing the responsibility.
 Ahout as near as Lloyds ever came in recent wears to making a real elec- tion wager. or rather to. helping an American bettor to hedge. was in the Rooseveit-Parker campaign Tour years ago. The lucky owner of an $e'OOO Dee on Roosevelt counted the money as good as won as the end Of the cam, naign approached, till it was suggested ths9 he still stood to lose 1t the ReI&ib- IJcar candidate should die before elec- ton That possibility was the one worry he had until 1t occurred to nm to take out Lloyds policy for Ss,OVo on MT. Roosevelt's life. To suggest to a supporter of LIoyds that such poIicy Ia no more than a bet would pc 10 bring down the wrath of more than two centuries of British responsibility. not that I,loyds has always been accepted at home as free from the charge or gambling, but in an other establish. ment so ancient old undertaking can be forgotten. ,.,. ,ho uould hark. back to 1868 to find in the London Chronicle an article condemn ing Iloyd's coffee house, then In Cheap- side as a meeting place for all manner of iliicit gaming" and complaining that tbe members practiced betting "under tbA euise of insurance" on all man ner of happenings, from the outcome or elections to the trials or peers NO doubt then, too, the members defendeo their acts and refused all risks were inc possibility a of loss could not be demonstrated.
 That was before the period of almost continuous disturbance Tn Europe' making insurance against the capture of bIs cargoes by French, Dutch or Yankee ships a business necessity with the British merchant. had given Lloyds national Importance in commerce ana made the coffee house men the lead ing underwriters of Europe For all that. however. parliament .inyestiea.. tlo s,,ccessors of the coffee house group had styled themselveh when they took nn quarters in the Royal Exchange in i774, This investigation yas followed bv A reorganization in lSll' since when the underwriters have been more jealous than ever of their respectao- bility.