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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-09-05
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BUILDING CRUMBLING.

Yesterday Afternoon ,2about
o'clock the brick wall of. the lower
floor of the n. rth half of the four
story building in which the post
office is located fell and the three
stories above we're held up by the
rafters The building has been in
a dangerous condition for some
time and for several days men have
been making preparations to put
the structure in a safe condition.
The south half of the building is
owned by the Crosby Company and
the north half by Albert. Stefan,
one center wall sufficient for the
building. After the fall Of the
lower wall it was feared that the
entire building would come down
and mechanics refused to take any
chances in an attempt: to brace it
up, and last night it was creaking
and creaking. 1t does not seem
possible to save the building and
great damages to adjoining prop
erty is likely to result when the
crash comes. ,lart RI;
About 8 o'clock last night the
wall the cas- t side between the first
and second floors fell out,-Vir-
ginia Enterprise. i,.h'
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-09-05
ANr,.OWL.> STORY.

~ An English publication tells this
interesting story of an owl:
49, A vague figure appeared. out of
the clouds, travelling against the
wind toward the: 'spire and looking
more like a ragged piece of news
paper whirled about the heavens
than any living thing. 1t was a
white owl, and after watching him
for some time i came to the con-
clusion that he was tring to get to
the vane of the spire. A very idle
ambition it seemed, for, althor gh
he succeeded again and again in
getting to within few yards of the
point aimed at, he was on each
occasion struck by a fresh violent
gust and driven back to a great
distance, often quite out ;of sight
in the; gloom. But presently he
would reappear, still struggling to
reach the vane.. A crazy bird!
But + could nothelp admiring his
;pluck and sgreaty' wondered what
his secret motive in aiming at that
windy perch could be. And at
last, after SO many defeats, he
succeeded and grasped he meta
crossbar with his crooked talons.
The wind with all its fury could
not tear him from it, and after a
little tapping he was able to pull
himself up, and then, bending down,
he deliberately wiped his beak on
the bar and: few away. >"r
. This, then had been his powerful,
mysterious motive-just to wipe
his beak, which he could very well
have wiped. on any branch or barn
roof or fence and saved himself that
tremendous labor, This was an
extreme instance of that tyrannous
efect,of3 habit on a, wild animal.
Doubtless this bird had been &C
custo med:after devouring his first
mouse to fy,to he .vane, where he
could rest for few minutes. taking
g general view of the place, and
wipe his 'Sbeak at the same time,
and the habit had become so strong
that he .eoald not forego: his visit
even on.so tempestuous an evening.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-09-05
POWDER AND GUNS ::

There yisFabeundant evidence
that 1.-THE origin of gunpowder and
artillery goes. far back in the dim
ages of the past -.--..,... .,.>..
The Hindoo, code, compiled Ion.
before the Christian era, pro
Fhibited the omakings Of war with
cannon and guns or any kind of
firearms. Quintus Curtiqs informs
us that Alexander the Great met
with fire weapons in Asia, and
Philostratus say that ,Alexander's
conquests we're arrested by the use
of gunpowder. 1t is also written
that those wise men who lived in
the cities of the Ganges lover
threw their enemies with tempests
and thunderbolts shot from the
walls" Julius Africanus mentions
shooting powder in the year T275.
1t was used in the siege Of Con-
stantinople in 668, by the Arabs in
$50, at Thessalonica in 9O4, at the
siege of Belgrade in 1913, by. the
Greeks in naval battle in 1908, by
the Arabs against the Iberians in
LAT and at Toulouse in 1918.
1t appears to have been generally
known throughout civilized Europe
las early as 1900, and soon there.
after it made is way into England,
where it was manufactured during
,she reign. of Elizabeth and we
learn that few arms were pos
sessed by the English in 1910 and
that they were used at the battl.
of Crecy in. 4346. - Casters
Magazine. -
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-09-05
caAnot. IS Cured

BY Lee bpticat thy: can.
NOT zach ths aiiseased portion Of
the eSf.4 There e only; one1ay 70
cure deafreqs, and that il BY con-
stitntiOnals ferBedfe4s Deafness ID
a1Hied by 40 inalmed !, condition Of
the MUCOUS Iningof The Eustachian
Tuhe!H When this:Iube is infiafned
you have a rumbling sound or inn
perfect hearing, and when it is
entirly closed. Deafness is the re-
suit, and unless the information
can be taken out. andath tube re.
stored to its normal condition,
hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by
Catarrh, which is nothing but an
infiamed condition.; Of the mucous
surfaces. ',.'7., ?
We will give ORe Hundred
Dollars for any case of Deafness
(caused by catarrhJ that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh. Cure.
Send for circulars, free. .,,:
E,J. CHENEY e co.; Toledo, O..
seld by Druggists; 75:. ' 49,. -,
Take Halls Family Pills .. for
constipation. -: 7"' ''>> -.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-09-05
TO FIGHT TAXES 1876.

..,.. II as = :
w. G.. Stockton, chief of the Wells
Fargo Company! with headayestets
at New York City, arrived in this
city this morning. 20 Heris Here to
fight the taxation imposed upon
the corporation by the state board
of assessors. At the last meeting
of the board Wells Fargo was taxed
upon its earnings and not on it's
personal property alone. The big
corporation, which has made every
individual in the state dig dp for
half a century, is getting a dose
Of its. own medicine. y 1t is to be
hoped that the assessment stands
and that some law can be fixed that
will make this octopus give up
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-09-05
CHILD. PROBLEM IN CITIES

: Cities are just awakening to the
fact that clean-souled, strong
limbed children are as IMPORTANT
to the'meral health Of a city as
clean streets are to its physical
health, says. the Baker City Demo.
crat. Mayor Gaynor favors as one
remedy for. existing evils the
throwing open of the public schools
and .sehooliyards to children and
their parents when classes are
not in sessions ,,Aa;plant which
ISpsts the<taxpaters so large a sum
should; surety be utilized to the
fullest ekteht.e,ss Some use for it
should DE. found beyond the six
hours q daSfor'a little more than
half ofthesSeaT,. American cities
must deal more intelligently and
humanely with the child problem
ttan thesssfe doing. Each. year
in tie %fmsa crop of criminal,
warrant snd rpsapers is growing.
TbeS,become during their lives T q
.enofihous cost to the taxpayers.
Each one that is rescued in time
and started right and shaped into
a good citizen, saves a great outlay
of money, besides saving a human
being whose value cannot be
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-09-05
:VeeRs.PesTILs

l. =. a .Ls 49, -
The following telegram: was re
ce1vsd from Hon. Key Pittman Sun:
day morning: 80; ,:f::'ss:.',
Goldfield. Nevada. Sept, 8. 1910
Independent. Elko. New.
My friends have been sending
out printed postals urging my
nomination. Some: one has forged
the names of Sweeney and McIntosh
to some Of. these postals,& AS both
of these men are opposing me. !
believe such act.is intended to; cast
suspicion on all my postals. Please
publish.
KEY ,PITTMAN., :. y: y
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-09-05

STATE OF NEVADA,
County of Elko. 3D.
{ |, Hayden Henderson, Cashier of the
above-named Bank, do solemnly swear
that the above statement is true to the
best of my knowledge and belief.
HAYDEN HENDERSON,
Cashier.
Correct-AtteSt:
L. o. HENDERSON,
: " Ease. CHAS. B, HENDERSON
q. Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
3rd day of September, 1910.
lSEAL Edwin E. Game
Notary Public
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-09-05
.Efe Mean Thina.

The Suffragette (smilinglyJ - Won't
you do something to help our good
cause along, Ms. Go6dcfaft? 81.
.,;Mr. fGoodcfaft-I,6t like very much
to do one .thipg. Tor: yop, but Ifeat
itS impossible. AZ ~ :.
-; The suFragstts -T-1utt tut! Moth.
ing's impossibie+swhat would you like
TODD for us? ,,-.c., %;
Mr.. Goodgfaft-Endow few cells
In your fayorite pTisonsi I. ,l,g '"@'
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-09-05
suKE IS Tnu MILES

Tits 'true:sthat the Kaiser and
Col. Roosevelt have many<traits in
common, ~ Bath rsre vain: both
have plenty Of esStism: each has a
touching ambition. and. leach has
read about Napoleon's star until
they are ,aersaiA that when /
certain order Of mind comes to
the. earth the stars are In accord
with them, and that tf5ty nave that
order, Of mind neither for a
moment doubts When. the Kaiser
the other day permitted his tongue
!teirun&a~ay with him. and in a
public speech. declared. ,that>wfen
he resolved his, crown. it. was "a
divine gift, he had the same asspr-
anee that,our tolohef has when he
announces his pellets s. sEphat The
;;thSS99FRe, hedgedt abeut''ss, wifi 'limita,
lions, came t6t TIE Kaiser ip usgu.
lars SUCCESSION :daes not matter ia
him. that all, his, -calleHs policies
have been in sthe>et thoughts 4. at a
hundred, statesmen II" and y in, the
hearts of. millions of his,scouhtrSz
men,. does. pot, matter; to-; the
colonel. '-gt'3'a; -, ''Sn 80. "a,
But that the Kaiser. HAS a pro-
found affection for fatherland, and
that Boosevelt's love of country
eau SEES him to hold honor. fortune
and life Itself at Ills ceountry's call
no,one- doubts; :. The apls-trouble
Eiss each wants, tos-Eus>r things his
way. The Kaiser" %olild if he
could abolish the .Reichstag, The
colonel really cannot see,any use Of
the Senate. Representatives or the
Supreme. Court; SO long as. he,is
around to direct thing. The Kaiser
loves to mount his;.heEseoand put
an army division through It's man!
.euvers, and the colonel loves to
mount a'horse and jump fences, or
chase coyotes. They are a most pic
turesqua-.paip. ""r '''' :,::, -.
F. If they had Been barn horses in.
stead Of men. they neither Of them
would .hase:gotten over ,their, colt
ish capers. even when. both. ewere
spawned, and had >splints on: both
fore legs. j., -. - =" = ''''' .':a,..
And the world: Is not half done
hearing from. either of them.
Wait, until the Kaiser gets his feet
of fighting ships ready; and Francis
Joseph passes swava1 wait until
1912 comes, around and the Re.
publican party distracted with
internal contentious, needs a
standard-bearer; and something
will be doing. Will not the Kaiser
have to take a. hand in order to
secure the peace of Europe? Will
'hotthe colonel again. against. his
will" be forced" to rush to the
rescue?-Goodwins Weekly -
n
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-09-05
SALMAGIUNDI

= = . =
u the members of the election
nd are requested to be at
Mizpah Hall not later than 7:l5
tomorrow morning. There is con,
siderable work Ito be done before
the polls open at 8 o'clock.
Mrs. Bixel arrived from Brant-
ford Ontario last night.
Miss S.hllar arrived S,tur Iay
from the east to resume her work
in the high school. .;,. -.
Miss Eliza Overman returnd to
Reno yesterday. 49,. o.. -
The writer paid a visit to the
Hot Springs yesterday, the first
since Mrs. Garrecht gave up it's
control FIVE years ago. The build
ing is being renovated throughout
and made assinviting as new paper,
carpets and paint can make it.,
Many of the rooms are now ready
for occupancy and are as clean and
neat as can be. The Springs from
now will be under. the personal
supervisor of Mrs. Garrecht, a
guarantee that everything will be
clean and respectable. She asks
the patronage of her old time
friends and hopes; to make many
ne" oaes. Go to the Hot Springs
for good bath.
A lot of rubbish back of George
Sutherland's in the eastern part of
town caught fire this afterno1 IN and
caused the fire companies to turn
out. A few buckets of water
squelched it. d.
Commissioner Lytton returned
from his eastern trip last night.
. The commissioners met this
8 corning and adjourned until
Wednesday. ..... ...s. -. 49,: q
There should be a big vote
polled tomorrow by democrats who
believe the moral progress; of the
state should keep pace with. -. its
material development. If you
want to'see Nevada redeemed from
the blighting curse of open gamB-
ling, don't cast your vote for D.. S.
Dickerson. Vote for Frank R.
Nicholas. He stands for the
moral progress of the state. i
A vote for D. S. Dickerson to.
morrow will be vote for all that
is vicious and unclean in Nevada
! politics. !
The polls for the primary cleo
ton will open at Mizpah hall at s
o'clock tomorrow morning and re-
main open until 6 o'clock in the
evening. All voters who are n
the booths or in line at 6 O'Clock
will be permitted to vote. but no
one after that hour will. be per
mitted to join the line or cast his
vote. Voters should remember
this and be on time. If you get tq
the Hall second after 6 O'Clock
you will not be permitted to vote.
This is the law and it will be en-
forced.
When ARCHITECT Weeks was here
asst week, he condemned some OF
the work on the new courthouse
and order ed it torn down. Re-
ports says there is considerable of
the brick and terra Gotta work
that will have to be torn. down and
built over. Some of it was torn
down today.
THE REASON.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-09-05
plenty efsNai.ss.

Il am deuced s,rfpfised to see Fred.
dy engaged in concentration Nth those
two wicked burglars. y" remarked the
tall chapDy, in Mortified tones.
"sh!" cautioned the short chappy!
IT'S a veal bizarre idea Of ,Freddy's.a
. what is?" %iis'. s,.1sSAi.:
,rrwhy, those two bufsslsSrs haye just,
stolen the whistle from a freight loco
motive and are going to attach It on
Freddy's new motor car" ~
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-09-05

Smith, notice that some of ,thorq
barrelsg ofgbysters are marked A, any
some marked 3 Are. they difYeref
,grades?gF. '%1f'"s a .! 1AH'"S 80.
Brown tan oyster backert 3-No: ;, .t,H
they're differently. packed Some, pst
+les vast barrel aRened. mt the to
Ind some al the botk9ssa4 ~ as'%' =.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-09-05
His ADVANTAGE.

To recite the Village blacksmith,
The hoarse boy was the choice:
For he had local color with
The sharp rasp In his voice.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-09-05

some, more coin of@tlse realm.
Fafgo certainly has . cinch'on the
peoples purse.--Appeal.s II
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-09-05

Some man believe you cannot EN-.
Joy life's berries unless you eat its
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-09-05
SENTENCE SERMONS.

Ideals live only as we strive toward
then.',' ..E
= ?. f.,
The fad of one cannot be the faith
of y !, $500"
Heaven sends some burdens Just
for ballast :,
A pious elouuence is not always an
eloquent. piety
There never was an argument eopal
to an affection.
PEOPLE who are rich in heart never
put their money there.
OFTEN the clock that strikes loudest
IS farthest OF the time.
The pleasures OF folly never come
up to the promise Of the pictures,
r.. chilly manner is not the beat
preparation for warmer climate
The habit o. prayer can get IN mean
as little as the habit dh.profanIty.
Ia a. ... - yt-,
One trouble with the Sraye stone
ticket to glory is that It "A. printed too
o.. ,Iin9I,
Some man: believe you cannot EN-.
Joy life's berries unless you eat it's
Religion: .;ts+ia poor thing II you
never enjoy. It till you get into
81. ~ah"iN'
" Is alwaYsI easier to straiEhten
OUT the truth than II Is to line up with
it4-Chicago Tribune.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-09-05

measured. It il, essential in the
beginning that a boy should not be
treated in such 2 manner that he
viii come ito consider the law and
officers as his enemies. 3, ;s.s-l.,,.. I.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-09-05

Religion: .;ts.ta poor thing II you
never enjoy 1t till you get into
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-09-05

-. a.. - '|SSAG
one trouble with the Graye stone
ucket to glory Is that 1t f. printed too
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-09-05
Gentle Souls.

II feel In my bones, said fair Cora,
THAT ! shall become an old maid"
But not in your wlshbone!" said Dora
Now they don't speak on parade.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-09-05

II Is alwaYsI easier to straighten
OUT the truth than It Is to line up with
it-Chicago Tribune.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-09-05

The habit o. prayer cau get to mean
as little as the habit IA. profanity.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-14
ARRESTED ron HORSE THIEVES
Three New Workers Held for the Grand
Jury In sullivan County.

MONTICELLO. y. \ Oct. Is.-Sam Wolf
]. Goldstein and Benny Rodney were
arrested and to- day held TO await the &C
ton Of the Grand Jury by Justice Niven
Of Monticello. charged with Wholesale
horse stealing. They are all residents OF
New York city. hut have been summering
near Monticello. Between fifteen and
twenty turnouts have been stolen in this
section during the last few weeks of which
no trace could he found. and all OF these
thefts are charged 10 these men
When three horses disappeared in one
night recently the horse owners became
thoroughly alarmed and a search was
begun. Every road was guarded. with
the result that two men were seen driving
one horse and leading another near Ellen
Vile az o'clock Wednesday morning
The horses were captured and proved 90
be the ones stolen but the thieves escaped
suspicion pointed TO Wolf, Goldstein and
Rodney, and they were arrested as they
altghted from a train at Fallsburg
These men are thought TO be old Offend
ers and members Of an organized gang
which have been operating IA sullivan
and adjoining counties along the Hudson
River and in New York city
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-14
sss FOR 4 CANADIAN COPPER.
Other Prices 81 the sale Of T.. Gilbert.
Collection.

In the early I7Oos in sweden during A
time when silver became too scarce 70
coin they issued large plate money 81
copper Pieces issued during the rsiRns
~ Frederick l and Charles XII. brought
SO and t7 apiece a. the sale Of r. Oh.
berts collection Of coins and curios I'M
Thomas l.. Elders auction room AZ %
East Twenty-thrd street yesterday after.
noon
A gold coin 81 Alexander the Graat
bearing the head Of Pallas was sold for
N7. An American cent u the wreath
variety issued in I7a3 81 an even darL
olive color brought $50. while ano,hsr
cent of 1870 brought toS Jackson cents
or hard times tokens issued during the
great bank panic 81 isJ7-I. nuInbcring
about NIFTY pieces we're sold for SISO
Another United States hard times token
OF y cents value brought $40
W W Wilson. a banker from Montreal
came all the waylfrom his city TO purchase
a rare Canadian copper coin. a BANK OF
England penny. nearly uncirc,ilatei He
paid tds for II. The total realized on
sales Yesterday. the last day 81 the sale
was - 600.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-14

81 which Sseo 60 waa expended PRIOR "a
January I. 1910. approximately q. sOo.non
will b. expended during 1870. lsAvtnE foe
completion % the improvements about
saDsD
| III" figures which have given cover only
improvements which are actually In prog
res In addition 20 these Improvement
the various companies are cOnfrun'ed with
many demands involving further capital
Expenditures which ought 90 be mads II
Tho companies are to maintain their present
standard ~ efficiency and 10 cont ributs a.
'h-N should do the development 81 tho
t-rr'or, which they serve
Mr. brown said that a. soon az the
plans aud details can he agreed 10 with
the authorities Of the city % New York
the N"N York C-ntTuls entire freight
I'm" FROM Spuytsn Duyvil to 81 John =
ParS lying along tho west side Of Man
haitian Island would b. rebuilt. includ-
ipg It's elevation or depression: electricity
must lr installed and new terminals
constructed
Concluding his statement. Mr. Brown
said
with respect 10 the capital remaining TO
"" secured Tor thes- improvements ! can
,"nhd"ni,v -ay that the ability ~ the rail-
roads 10 obtain II depends upon the ability
"t m" companies 10 secure Increases IN
revenues through inCrpa sd freight rates
commensurate with the recent Increase In
rNpeu-s-
cannot better illustrate the situation
man Nv reference 10 The recent attempts
81 ~" Michigan Central Railroad 10 market
IA this country and Ia Europe an issiie OF
at sl'.i"I.Wn of Us Ter cent drhentures
IN" low bonded indebtedness OF the Michi-
sah central and the previous stability ~ itS
earnings should have made such an issue
attractive To- any security market II has
been impossible. however. IN this country
or ~ Eurnp- - secure any bids Tor these
securities which vould he considered
The best bad hitch III. company has been
ah" To- obtain wa- one recently made
OF - for the entire Issue. The ac-
crp'ancr ut thl- hid would have involved
a discount %! over :! .Snso on an issue ~
81 80 49, aud of 'uuT~a could not h. con.
sld-rrd The only alternative - 10 borrow
money On short time notes and paw per
cent interest on SICu notes
] believe that this general condition will
conilnI" 10 evrSi uu'il tho revenues ct the
companies can he ea~ed through an
ia "Tcdsa u rates
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-14
TO PUNISH ANNAPOLIS HAzERS
Not Thought LlkeIy That Accused MID.
shIpmen WIN Ne Dismissed.

ANNAPOLIS. Md. Oct. IS.-Ths fact that
fourth class men who had their faces 10
the wall could not identify positively
the upper class men Who had given them
orders nearly caused those upper olass
men TO go free OF the charge OF haEing
under which they had rested sinoe an
officer Of discipline rushed into room
on Saturday right and found a numbsr
% plebes evidently receiving admoni-
tions from first class men. four " whom
were captured.
All Of the under class men testified that
they had been ordered 10 face the wall
and could not say who IL was who gave
them the Subsequent orders and ask~i
them many questions about their private
affairs.
However. the first class men had 20
explain why they were IN the room and
What the plebes saw in the walls that
fastened their gaze 20 IL. They were
inclined 10 contend that they wera trying
to improve tho military carriage 81 the
newcomers. and teach them the true
inwartlnsss 81 the naval service, bur the
members ~ the board were inclined u
think that they were i'll Taught when they
kept their backs go their teachers.
Their" was no evidence Of any violenr-.
abuse or physical In ling, and the opinion
~ general that the offenders will be pun
ished severely. hut allowed 10 continue
in the service. The midshipmen impli-
Gated are Jonathan ". Anderson Ten
ne-see; Howard Bode and Jenife- Gar
nett. Virginia, and William II. O'Brien,
Jr Indiana.