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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-08-20
WHAT THE TARIFF BILL DOES

We lind a brief exposition in the
New York Evening Post of facts in con-
n%cction with the tariff bill. which clears
up much of the misapprehension based
on erroneous information i'm regard to
that measure. The matter of reckoning
percentages, ad valorem rates, and the
like, is something which must I've work.
ed ont not only for every class of goods,
hut also indetail MS to the specific makes
of any article to which the tariff NAV
apply. For instance, as the Post saws:
President Taft was misinformed.
clearly. when he referred to the in
creased duties in the silk and cotton
grades, and therefore being a tax OH
luxurics. The fact is. rs, has been re.
pcatedly shown. that. while the rates
on the higher priced goods were raised,
those Oh the cheaper kinds were raised
much more relatively. To add . cents
to the price of cotton cloth worth 6
cents, is u much greater advance, and a
far worse outrage, than tn add . cents
to the price Of cloth worth 20 cents.
But this is the kind Of thing that was
done deliberately throughout the cot.
ton and silk schedules. The more
costly goods will he bought, W. before.
by the well TODD. who care less about
the price than for style and novelty:
while the cheaper grades, ms the whole.
sale dry goods merchants of this city
proved by demonstration. by . actunl
sample. will be marked on tho HELPLESS
consumer. Tile tariff rates are made 80
high that the possibility Of importation
from abroad. Of which President Taft
speaks, SO us 10 prevent excessive
prices" will be cut off. II Is this sort
Of thing which Senator Deliver must
have had in mind in saying; when
the country discovers what the tariff
!rw contains. there will Inc trouble"
The fact that the very thing which
President Taft WIS working upon TO
classify the duties aud make them less
oppressive to the poor. and compel the
rich to pay the higher duty on the
more expensive goods, fails in praC.
tical operation when tho true rule OF
reckoning measurement Is applied.
The President expected that on tho
cotton goods the rates
would bc 50 low that importations
could bc made 50 10 To prevent com.
binatiOns in tho manufactured c0ttons, |
this hope is dispcllcd by the report
If tho cotton merchants committee
which shows, rs we have heretofore
iotcd. increase in the cotton schedule
# from forty -thrcc to ninety. three per
'cnt above tho Dinglcy bill. And II il
without reason that Senator Deliver,
tho facts. exclaimed that
When the country discovers what tho
law contains. thore will bc
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-08-20
THE JOURNALS DEMOCRACY

The Reno Journal seems possessed
with the idea hat it is the only demo.
craft; paper i'll the state and, by reason
az its assumed position. il seeks to place
its wv peculiar brand Of democracy
upon the party in this state. If its eff
forts tn drive Congressman Bartlett and
other democrats from the party. because
they will not bow before it and seeck its
pardon for imaginary political sins, are
samples of its democracy, God pity the
party if it EVER falls under the Journals
present control. The rank and file of
the party know and trust Congressman
Bartlett and the Journals efforts to
drive him from the party by unfair and
unjust innucndocs are sure to I've re-.
scented.
The Journals claim that it's efforts
are directed toward uniting and build
ing up the party is proven false by it,
w u%tteranccs, because no party can
he united anil built mp by constantly
assailing its lcadcrship-a leadership
that the rank and file Of that party
honor and trust.
In its Thursday Issue it denies the Us,
~sertion of the Carson Appeal that the
minority leader in the house of repre-
s~cntatives selects the minority member,
of the committees and recommends theil
names to the speaker. The denial il
made for the single purpose Of proving
that Congressman Bartlett owes hi.
appointment To several committees he
cause of Cannon's friendship. If the
editor of the journal knows no NOR,
about the politics Of Nevada than h,
does about. the appointment of thu
minority memcmbers of the house ON
mittces, he is an unsafe leader for tn,
democrats of Nevada to follow.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-08-20
lordh In IiNeru-


Mr.. Smith was chatting with The pro-
iri"ioc of "a big garage when a Cbaut'
fcur came in.
Good morning. Hir. ~" remarked
h master OF the establishment.
Mr.. Smith presently asked:
why the Mr."
He Is the sou OF II formerly rich
city man." was the reply. The poet
OF chauffeur Is ncccptahl" To Il penni'
less young fellow Of rank. There aTs
several who come here who have hlBs
blood in their veins. One OF these
the cousin OF n duke-was trained b.
a leading motor expert. himself .
member OF Il titled family.
One day the young fellow was sent
out to give II trial run In a car. The
would-bc customer WAS u wealthy but
ill%itoratc old lady. who was so pleased
with him that she handed him half q
dollar.
There. young man. she said. Don't
spend IL fnOlIshly,'
Hack he went tn the garage In a
state Of wild Indignation.
Look here, Mr.. * ho cried. tina,
old woman gay" me half n dollar
"'YUu'rc lucky was the quiet reply
Last time I took her out she gave me
only q quarter"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-08-20
4 STRANGE Bat

Fatigucd and weary after hard div
In the court Bert Gibson an attorney.
from Tonopah retired carly at tho
Arlington night before last. He wns
awakened about . a. IN. by "A noise in
the room and turning on tho light, saw
a huge creature, darting hithor and
%tlithcr In his room. lie at first Thought
it was ono Of tho Wright Air Ships max.
ing trial test but soon perceived his
mistake. A lively battle took place and
after having thrown almost everything
in the room a we'll directed shoe brought
the creature to the floor. Bert was
quite relieved to find IL was not nm
imaginary bat.
Tho creature measures 10 inch,q
from tip to tip and has cars over nm
inch long. II was OF IL very light brown
color and tho membrane Of It's wings
was fine ms silk. II IL Of q different
species than any eve seen hero before
.-Carsen News
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-08-20
Casey Tells BIS Story

Patrick Casey. "A bullet from whose
gun sent Mrs. Heslip of Goldfeld into
eternity and caused the suicide of her
husband, was interviewed by the
Tonopah Bonanza yesterday and made
the following statement.
5"As to how the killing occurred, l
am in complete Ignorance. l remember
absolutely nothing about it.
The last: 1 remember was taking u
drink in the Turf saloon. 1 10 not
remember being i'll the Northern Mt all.
l am told that l vas there and that it
was from that place that l started
home l. lived on -Fiftt.;rvcnuc near the
Heslip residence t"i-
II do not remember shooting the
woman neither do i recall being put
in Jail, l did not have IL fear of n
rhob,as | do'not remember seeing one.
The man who says thar l was in
fatuated' with Mrs. Hesiip is a liar. l
dill not know her. Ibid not know
until today that her, husband had COM
milted suicide. =: ..s.ss
II thought as much Uf Mrs. Mann as
| could of Il sister. She was Il friend of
mine. As to my insulting Mrs. Mann l
will say that soue. people might have
considered my remark an insult, while
others would not. ] used to visit her
home, where was entertained by music.
etc. She lived hut Il door from me.
i'll an adjoining cabin. first met her
in G"ldfeld. 1t came about because we
were such close neighbors and naturally
got to talking to2each other. On one
occasion | told her that / was going to
write her husband, who was ont of
town, of her actions. Later, / went to
her home to apologize and she slammed
the door i'll my face. Further than that
| have nothing to say. / would not
have killed that IN for the world.
| am Us peaceahle u nan as there is on
earth.
The husband of Mrs. Mann is a
butcher; he has been away from Gold.
field about a month. | understand he
Is In SAN Francisco. When lie left he
told me TO take good care of Mrs. Mann.
l visited her frequently and used to
chop the wood and do chores for her.
That is all wish to say for the pre-.
sent" '"
Thus is the motive for the attempted
murder of Mrs. Mann shown.
MIR. Casey, -, said the interviewer,
*'then a say that you shot.NIrs. Mann
because you We're Jealous. Of her.
You were drinking, .:you say The
thought of murder struck you, did it
not, and yop. began ,fringz ",
II have said all i intend to at this
time" was his reply. You shall hear
IA great deal more when the tim,
comes"
Casey in no name cast any rcfiec
tions upon the good character of Mrs
Mani. When asked If he was really il
love with the injured lady. he simply
repeated the statement that ne thought
as much of her rs he could Of a sister.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-08-20
in JAIL FOR DEBT
At ore TIME THERE WERE MANI
SUCH IN AMERICA.
seventy-Five Thousand unfor,u,,,.
Annually Deprived Of Liberty /.
Late as the Year 182s-mo,,.
!y Owed Small. Sums.

In 1929 II was estimated that 7; ma
persons were annually imprisoned -.
debt In the United States. and at ,hs,
date the practice had been aboI,.h..
In at least two states. namely on
and Kentucky. In 1890 the estirr,,sS
number OF individuals Imprisoned ~
account OF debt was: In Ma.saok"
sets. 5000; in New York, 10, OOO. =.
Pennsylvania. 1000: In Murylsra
5000. or Il total OF $4,000 in ror,
states.
The average OF the debts for wb,o,
persons were deprived of their l,bnr,r
was small-nnder $50. In the iajI =,
Dedham. Norfolk county. Mass. on, .,
a total Of 50 debtors confined. vI,h;,
It's walls only nine owed more than $50
n IL owed ten dollars or lcsg.
A local society for the relic, .,
debtors confined for small denis rr,-
cured the release OF Is persons ybo,,
debts added together amounted IN on,,
1872. an average ~ less han ni,.
dollars.
In II jail located at Hudson. \. Y II
tne Spuise Oh lne yeuf ended SEpteu.
Der 80. 1880. IA total of lG9 p,fs,,,
were committed for debts: OF III,
number 40 were held for rum dsb,s"
In Philadelphia 40 cases were recor,s,
In which the sum total of the dehts
was only t23.i0h-an average O, les,
than 30 cents each.
In n OF these cases. quotes IN.
Yale Review. "a man Was imprIsons5
30 days for IA debt of two cents. w..
observe in Nh English paper q notice
OF Il widow who Is confined IN
jail III Providence for the unpardor.
able sin of owing 6S cents"
james Bell, keeper OF the debtors
Jail In New York. in n document sub.
mittcd To the state senate stated th,,
i'll 1916 '29 persons were confined 4,
the jail una: his control for debt.
under 325 each. S~rrly all OF the.
would. liz asserted. have starved er.
crpt for tn" bounty OF the Human.
society. He'll himself Was compelled
TO beg for fuel 10 keep them rom
freezing.
He specifically mentions The cases q,
Dins Lyman. Imprisoned for tire.
years for IL debt OF less than $50. srj
"i George Riley. Imprisoned for 81,
years, also Tor q debt OF less than g.
Both at III" men were supported viii.
Imprisoned by charity. Ia ether state
as M~assachuS.its and Rhode ls.su6
ih" creditor ~ required TO provide
Tor TIE board "f the imprisoned dctto.
When this Was not Forthcoming n.
debtor 4 discharged.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-08-20

Pinchot.B alliuger feud. Pinchot'e
friends assert that Ballinger is con
nected with these same coal frauds in
some way before he became secretary.
and hasn't experienced any alarming
change of heart since. %Ballinger's
friends retort hat this is u. blse and
contemplate Islander, declare that the
new secretary of the interior is the
best hand mt running down frauds that
Uncle Sam ever had and intimate that
he will set a few secret service men to
investigating Mr.. Pinchot. At which
the PinclIot men come back with "A
sheer that the secretary is behind the
times, since Pinchot has for some
months past had his secret service men
Investigating Ballinger. Both declare
that the government service is too
small to hold the two men, and an
nounce their intention of taking the
case to head quarters at the earliest
possible moment. And President Taft
is II fat man and the weather is hot.
1t will not take much more of this
sort uf thing 10 make tine country cry:
"a plague ON both your houses If
the tales of Alaskan coal frauds he
true, the News hopes the perpetrators
of those frauds may wear stripes with
the least possible delay. But to make
the incident Il football of the personal,
fractional quarrels of bureaucratic poll.
tics Is more than human nature can
long bear. vu,--
And we cannot refrain from pointing
to this latest illustration of the beau
ties of bureaucracy. For seven years.
we were told daily i'll the White House
sermon, that if we would only abolish
those pesky things, the states. and
c%entralize all power i'll divers and
sundry bureaus at Washington. then
the cOrn would yield double measure,
and the trees would clap their hands.
Siuce the people declined to abolish
the states, the Only Statesman under
took To do il for them; and by the end
of his reign pretty much everything
unde the american sun was super
viscd by some bureau or other with
headquarters III the Potomac. Be.
hold the result! Alexander turned
faunal naturalist has hardly time to
kill his tenth giraffe before Alexanders'
successors are turning Alexander's
%phalanxcs of spies mt each other. Each
of them eeinS chief Of the crops of de-
tectives who, whatever their ability to
discover evidence, seem past graduates
in the art of manufacturing evidence.
Each of them is sure that but for him
the country will become AS Nineveh
and Tyre. And each of them is entirely
willing that tho public treasury shall
bear the cost of proving his contention.
1t is a beautiful system; so beautiful
that the quicker it is cmbalmcd in the
tonnes of ancient history, the better.
The business Of saving Il nation by br-
rcaucrats. and secret service spies is
II that makes. good readiness. but
high taxcs.-penvor News.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-08-20
Young Miner Electrocuted

Clarence Bcnncr, a popular young
miner of Virginia City, was e]lectrocuted
yesterday forenoon at the Chollur mine.
He and two fellow miners had come ont
of the tunnel, where they were working,
to eat their dinner. Al. the. mouth of
the tunnel is ~trestle covered with
corrugated iron over the railroad tracks.
Bcnner was in the lead and sat down to
eat his. dinner. One foot. WAS on the
car track of tho trestlc. AS his back
touched the iron, no made one murmur
and collapsed. a hasty examination
showed that, nm electric wire had
saggcd and touched. the roof. The in.
sulation was worn off, throwing a
current Of $500 volts into tho iron.
which passed through Benncr's body.
His flesh was frightfnlly burned.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-08-20
In HALL OF FAME

y recent Washington dispatch says:
The last Vestigc of the line which
formerly divided in the United States
all that was northern in feeling from
all that Was southern will bc oblitcrat-
ed when, mt the coming session of con-
grcSs. the time arrives to accept the two
statutes which the state of Virginia has
offered as her contribution to the
nations hall of fame, S~tatuary hall.
For, along with the statue of George
Washington. the old Dominion is offer
ing rs her second choice of all her H.
luStrious o n the s%culptured likeness
Of Robert Edward Lee, the Knightly
commander of the armies of the lost
cause.
The story of Virginia's choice is one
of the most interesting episodes of re-.
cent times, serving us it does to show
how generous is the appreciation of
the American people for a fine churac.
ter, and how eager the nation is to for
get the bitterness Of the great struggle
which once threatened tn disrupt the
union of the states.
1t was not without some misriyinps
that the Legislature Of Virginia decided
to offer the statue of Glen. Lee to the
nation. 1t was, in fact, the first time
she had chosen Il statue for the hall.
for the plaster replica of Houdon's
Washington. which has long had a
place Of honor in statuary hall. was
never. 1t now appears, offered by Yir.
ginia. although for many years sun.
posed to have been her gift. No one
has been able to find ont how the
rather shabby east of the Father of
His Country" got into the hall ut all.
and il is only now that il is about to
be replaced with n fine bronze copy of
the original statue by IloudUn. which
stands in the rotunda Of the state capi-
toll ut Richmond. that inquiry has been
made.
The original statue by which con.
grCss in 1916 set aside the former
chamber of the house of representa-.
ttves as u national ~statuary hall pro.
vidcd that .cacli state of the union
should Have the privilege of selecting
two Of its deceased citizens. "Illustri.
Gus for their historic rcnOwn or for dis.
tinguished civic or military services.
to he cDmncInOrntcd therein by their I.
in marble or bronze.
IN response f. the invitation Of the |
the Virginia legislature. .Janu.
'ry ~, 1908, passed u bill. offered Nv
Don. p. Halscy, providing that ono of !
Inc statues to BE- presented by Virginia
bc chat Of Gen. Robert Il. Lcc.
This decision was arrived at not
without lengthy discussion and cx.
ended comment. While the bill was
Indcr consideration some members of
he Legislature expressed the fear that
Is passage might br the occasion of al,
rc1t storm of disapproval in tho north ,
nd thereby rekindIo sectional feeling, ! ,
his fear lch two mcmbcrs of the son. !
tc and seven members Of the house
vote against the bill. These votes I
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-08-20
.ne'0y Fer RsSseveit

There are quite II number of people
who can neither realize when they
have, or know n good thing. The old
Greeks knew this and acquired the
habit of chasing their good things out
of town, rs in the caSe of .Aristides.
who was banished from Athens he
cause the people grew weary Of hearing
him praised.
To this class who lever seem to know
when they have had enough of II good
thing are the demented Gothamites
who are bowling for Roosevelt to cone
back from Africa to rule over them
again. The nerves of the American
people demand that the II
abide in Africa for Il season. There,
amid the everlasting solitude where
Ruwenzori lifts it's head through three
miles of ice. and the lakes sparkle in
an undimmed sun. Teddy is building
up Il new reputation for himself with
the rattle of the typewriter and the
click of the camera.
The very fact that any large number
of New York's citizens wish him for
mayor is IN evidence Of their brain
WEAKNESS. 1t is a little bit too soon
to fix Roosevelt's place in history. hut
the prospects are that he will Ike known
rs the windy menace, the largest hum
bug in history. The man whose public
life was like a
Tale of little meaning
Though the words are very strong
St. Joseph Observer
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-08-20
EXERCISE JOINTS AND MUSCLES
Novel Machines Installed in d New
York Medical College.

The 30 steel machines. with their
complicated mechanism, which will be
used In the new department OF me
chanicotherapy In the Vanderbilt
clinic OF the College OF Physicians and
Surgeons at New York have been
placed on public exhibition. The ma.
chimes are Il gift of Mrs. Ray Mai.
shak, in memory of her husband, who
was Il prominent merchant. Arranged
Ill long rows In Il room OF the clinic
they look like gymnastic apparatus Ul
intricate design.
DR.. Charles II. Jaeger. one of the
surgeons OF The hospital, explained
the machines would give strength To
the tissues. bones and muscles OF pa.
tients convalescing from operations.
The principle OF the system is to OK.
ercise the Joints and muscles to re.
store thcm To their normal condition.
"Thcse machines are so MANNED"
Or. Jaeger said. that there isn't a
JOINT or muscle H. The entire body that
cannot. be exercised by one OF them.
The system might no called medical
gymnastics. by means Of which any
workman who has suffered . fracture
Oh other Injury which has disabled a
Joint OF muscle can have the stincncd
Joint or muscle restored to full work.
ing capacity in the shortest uossihlc
time"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-08-20
"A PLAGUE ON BOTH
THEIR HOUSES

The latest expose in land swindlc.
has made its bow in dramatic fashion.
Down from Spokane, where the dele.
gates gather to discuss irrigation and
up from Washington, where nothing
happens but Aldrich. comes the word
OF wholesale pilfering of government
coal lands in Alaska. The usual methods
Of dummy cntryincn are reported. hut
II swindlcs of the north il said tU 10
worked on u most unusual scale. Over
100000 ncrcs Of coal lands. some Of
tremendous value, are reported To he in.
volved. Not only SO. but highly &c.
spcctcd captains Of finance and even
government officials. are said to he In
on the steal. If there is a steal and (,
looks af If there wcrc-tlIe c%onnivancc
OF government officials somewhere ma
Ike taken for granted. Tho only dc.
tectivc IN whom we have much conf.
denco Is Burns, the one who ran down
Schmitz. and Burns says that when you
find u land fraud worth mentioning You
may know that someone in a govern. |
mcnt Office is getting q rakcon.
But this much Of the tale Is ommnn
place. except M 10 size. The real mc,o
lraina Is yet to I've told. The coal land
'windle has been made II par. Of slc
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-08-20

troubleaa.>asS tpr. nobody seems to
understand very clearly what this tariff
law does contain. and directly opposing
opinions are expressed on various points
but enough is known to make it certain
that it is adecsptive. fraudulent bill. in
no way meeting the expectations of the
people or the promise of the Republican
party. It's effect will he not to quiet
the tariff agitation. but to increase it
Salt Lake Tribune -
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-08-20
New Interpretations

Several important interpretations
have been filed with the Secretary of
State during the past few weeks, umong
which were the West Coast Exploration
Co. with 1850. 600 shares. The Fuller
Submarine Torpedo Boat Company with
10000 shares at u value Of $40 each.
This is a California company and will
manufacture submarine boats to keep
the. Japs away; the American Motor
Company Of Texas with 10, 900 shares of
n = par value; the Pacific Reclamation
Co. with 1000 shares with a 80 par
value the Country Club of Marin Co.
for pleasure and the benefit Of it's
members; the Pan-American Co. for
the purpose of undertaking completing
and operating all national, municipal,
public and private contracts Of all
kinds in North America. Central
America, and South America and in
the waters and islands adjacent thereto.
They are to deal in lands, CONFESSIONS,
bonds notes. mines. water ways. canals,
docks, wharves, shipping appliances
dredgea, vessels and ships and to own
townsites and 10 COLOMBO the same.
There are 200, 900 shares with a total
valuation Of 81, 900, 0OO.-Carson News
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-08-20

BEREAVEMENT or THE INTERIOR, OF
rlCE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. Washington, U
-. August ". 1919 Sealed proposals fDr ~
titg ErnHlng privileges on the Western Sbe
shurc Indian Reservation. Nevada. under W,
permit system. will he received ut tho Oncf o
ton, ID. g., uulu iva O'Clock. d.. m, on Mppda!
september %. lPp. and will be immella!e,p
thereafter opened Ia the presence ~ such bFS
uefs Hs may attend, Maps showing the l@.
tloil, OF the reservation and all necessary mo,
nation may be obtained m application To W
Superintendent Of tho Western Shoshone 70
uihn School, Dwyhcc, Nevada. u. &. VAlhN
TlSE Commissioner.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-08-20
Danaeroua Literature.

Let mo leave you aoine Of our book
let's said The steamship agent: thee
give illustrated descriptions Of a mum
bcr ut our trips to the most remote
parts OF the world"
TAX" them away" said the bank
cashier %fcarfully: III the directors saw
en- ON my desk they would have my
books ~0vcrhauled sure"