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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-12-19
A DISCREOlIABLE VERDICT

Tne verdict of acquittal in the
case of the State against M. B.
johnson and George Feragor,
charged with conducting a faro
game in collation. of the anti
gambling law, docs no credit to
the citizenship of Elko county.
That these men f1agrantly violated
the law and were caught by Sheriff
Harris conducting a game of faro
in n locked room at the Com
mercial Hntel. on the night Of July
2Sth last was conclusively proved
at the trial. They bra2enly, or
through flight, cashed An Jim's
stack of checks in the presenc.
Of the officers and turned over to
the sheriff the, hsnk roll of the
game.
Yet, with all this proof before
them. twelve citizens of Elko
county say by their verdict that
these men are ,guiltysof no ofpnEe
against a solemn enactment of the
legislature of this state. What a
travesty upon justire is such a
verdict in the face nf such proof
What influenced the jury to
render such a verdict. the writer
does not know. 1t may have becl
the ingenious arguments of
counsel, the severity of the punish
ment fixed Nv the law, contra.
dictory evidence or previously
formed opinions. If any juror
acted upon the latter he. was not
honest VIXEN he swore on his ex.
animation, touching his qualifi.
cations as a juror that he would
lay his opinions aside and decide
| the issue of guilt or innocence il
accordance with the evience ad
duced at the trial and the law al
given by the court.
But what is the use of speculat
ing on the causes that produce,
This verdict? What if it does out
rage the sentiments of over 80 per
cent of the people of this county
There is no appeal in law from tn,
verdict. 1t stands as the homes
judgement of twelve impartia
citizens. sworn to do absolut,
justice between the honest, law
abiding citizenship of this stat
and two profes sional gamblers
The gamblers won and the peopl
lost.
But this miscarriage of justic
should not be taken by the gam
ling element as an indication tina
the people of this county hav
given up the fight for the er
forcement of the anti-gamblin
law. This fight will &C on wit
renewed vipor and some day thos
who violate this law will be COZ
victed van Elko county jury AM
sent to Carson to serve the state
a striped uniform.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-12-19

Courthouse, Highschosl, and
grammar School, souvenirs at
Wintermantel. Jew elry Store.
Furnished rooms for rent by the
day week or month at the Club
Lodging house at the corner of
Fifth and Idaho streets. Prices
reasonable. Mrs. George M.Moody,
proprietress.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-12-19
DISTRICT COURT

the closing ar u nent in the gamb-
ling case for the defense. He
made an ingenious able argu
ment, that, in the light of the
Vecdic; after ward rendered, mus,
have convinced the jury.
He WAS followed by Judge
Carrier, who ably comb .tted MIR.
DIrSey's argument. He summed
up tn defenSes made by Mr..
Dorsey ar-alients. He summed
II the ";fenses made by Mr..
Dorsey as CD, Others have VOL
atede the law. (2) Mrs. Bradley
owns the Commercial Hotel. (3)
a badger fight the night of the
raid The last being the only one
on which any evidence had been
submitted and that was a fake, a
delusion and fraud. An effort was
made to prove an alibi for John
son. but il was too tritling to con-
slider. Admitting Cotant's evil
dence to he true johnson had at
least rs minutes to go from the
bar room to the look outs chair
where he was found when the raid
was made. There were two stages
in game of faro the shuffiing of
the cards at the beginning and
tipping uD of the casekeeper and
slipping the buttons back iE place
at the close of the deal. Both Of
these steps were going on when
the officers entered the room.
Another defense was that Reno is
rotten. He came from Reno and
Dorsey from San francisco. There
was more rottenness in San Fran
cisco in a minute than there was
in Reno in a year. s,.a,
He clased with an earnest al.
peal to the jury to do it's duty and
bring in verdict of guilty.
Judge Curler concluded at 20
minutes to 6 o'clock and Judge
Taber read the instructins and al
6 o'clock the case was submitted
to the jury.
The jurors went to supper and
on returning to the jury room
began considering the case. Al
S:05 they reported an agreement.
Judge Taber, the attorneys anc
defendants were notified and the
jury filed into the court room
When asked if a verdict had been
reached, Foreman Woolverton an
nounced the verdict Of not guilty
The jury was then exc used unit
10 o'clock Wednesday morning
and court adjourned until thai
hour.
When court convened this
morning the question of setting
the cases against All Jim and Jack
Maher was called up. All parties
agreed that it would be impossible
to get a jury to try those case.
out Of the present panel and Judge
Taber excused the jurors from
further attendace on court. The
court finally set $3.50 this after,
noon as the time for setting thu
All Jim and Maher cases for trial
The defense in the Maher case
asked for the appointment of com
mission to take the dispositions O,
the four New, Workers who wer,
caught at the roulette wheel a.
the time Of the raid. This matter
was set for $3.50 o'clock.
Before adjourning court, Judge
Taber commented upon the verdic
returned by the jury last night
He said that while it is true tina
individual jurors sometimes d,
wrong intentionally he could no
say that the IL jurors did wron,
Intentionally last night. Whether
they made a mistake or not, h,
did not believe the jury did wrons
intentionally. lie did not think tina
jurors generally have the RICH
idea OF their duties. When Juror
ss3 they will go by the law an,
evidence in criminal case
counsel have a right to believ,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-12-19

Handy Desk implement.
A letter opener. mall scale and six
inch rule have been combined In 0
handy desk implement.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-12-19
YERtNG1ON COURT HOUSE:

hitting of the Yerington court
house: -.
Yerington. New. Dec. l8.-The
new courthouse Of Lyon county at |
Yerington, valued at about $35.
600 was, about 3:45 Sunday |
dynamited and nearly the
entire interior of the building was
destroyed. So far no arrests
haze been made. but officers arc
working on the case and some
sensational arrests may b. made at
any moment. The loss will fall
upon Ward brothers IF Reno, who
had the contracts for the ~
struction of the building. This
loss is estimated at anywhere from
So, 500 to $4,000.
Pebble residing near the court.
huge heard an explosion in the
night time, nut paid little heed
to Il, and in the morning it, vas
discovered that the interior con-
crete walls had heen destroyed.
The walls in falling allowed the
second floor to fall. and this, to-
gether with the weight Of the
concrete walls, went through the
first floor into the basement.
That the destruction was caused
by a charge of dynamite is proved
by the fact that pieces of fuse are
scattered all over the interior of
the building. and pieces of cement
hurled by the force of the ex-
plosion have been embedded in the
exterior walls of the building.
The building had heen closed up
carly the night before and there
was no one in it at the time. That
some one had entered the building
before the explosion was shown by
the fact that door the Waterman
had locked was open. the ock
having been forced with an iron
bar. 1t is estimated that the loss
will be between So, 500 and 1900,
and it is claimed here that the
Ward brothers of Reno will have
to stand for this loss.
Ever since YerinRton won out
in the county seat fight there has
been much discussions among the
citizens of this county and threats
have been made that the new
courthouse would never be
finished. The attempt to carry
this threat into execution wal
made Sunday morning. IL i.
strange that the explosion was not
loud but this may be due to TIT
fact that the exterior walls of thu
building deadened the report.
The officers are now investigat
ing the matter and it is quit,
possible that some arrests vii
soon be made.
Mason New. Dec. 18.--Severa
concrete partitions in the interio
Of the new Lyon county courteous
caved in about a o'clock Sunda!
morning and fell through tn,
cement floor Of the first story
No explosion was heard any dis
lance from the courthouse and tn
!, general supposition Of the psopl
! of Mason is that the concrete froz
: before the cement set and tina
, when the wooden forms wer
. removed Saturday it weakened tn
/ cement so that the cave in followe
: Sunday morning. The damag
= will amount to several thousan,
r dollars.
The new building was unde
construction by Ward Brothers o
: this city and had never bee
occupied. 1t was ready 70
occupancy in a short time. Yel
Pihgton only secured the count
seat. after a hard fight with Da!
ton and Mason and since that tim
there has been much feeling b.
tween the towns.
The report that the explosio
' occurred this morning 10 NJ
correct. The explosion occurre
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-01
.rbornsen New. Notes.

SpeciaI to Times Republican.
Thornton. Sept. III. w. Bailey r5u
family. OF Hampton. were over Sum
day. visitors with relatives here.
A large number of our people visited
Meservey Sunday to see the ruins OF
the Saturday night fire. 1t is hard
blow to our neighbor town but they
will begin soon the erection OF more
modern business houses.
A ball game will be played here
this afternoon. between the Meservey
and Thornton teams.
Mr.. Mahoney. Of Sioux City, preached
a very able sermon in the Methodist
church last Sunday morning.
Rev. Mr.. Smylie will hold the last
quarterly conference on Sept. at
1880 a. m.
On Monday and Tuesday mornings
of this week frost was seen but did no
damage Some corn is already safe but
other fields need two or three weeks
Of warm weather.
Some farmers are at work filling their
silos and next week will find number
busy filling them.
A great deal OF fall blowing Is be-
ing done during the fine weather this
month.
Quack grass has had to suffer this
year with the farmer who Is anxious
to get rid of 1t.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-01

p III Cascarel tonight and thor
cleanse yShr LAvsr. stomach
Nell, ana Sou will surely feel
I III nsornin9, You men and women
4 SSs kavo hlad aShe: coated tongue.
-, afS Bilious. nervous ana
1tII 6othe5ed nth sick. sassy.
- Srsd stoinach. or have backache
~ ~ worn out.
ss S ~ kaoping clean inside With
~ " oF merely forcing = pass
4 TN svasy few days with salts.
pills o. castor Oh This -
Il Mt.
- imus aiatsly eleanss and
'iIi11tf eSthe stomach. remove the sour.
1i IIsted ana lssnenting food and
1es:i takea The excess bile from
q sllve ana carry of the decomp posed
1DtA tier apA poison from the tn-i
4eseiu11s 4a6. boNr1s. q y
w i onlber, ~ CAscaret tonight will
H ~ III yous out BY morning. "a 1s-.
II q ffom yaair druggist means q
Il go ana cheerfulness for
Il Don't forget the children.
j fe-<s-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-01
ot,epos,sNTs 81 PAVING n t.
ooNA usE cGsssus F,ovREs
As DAsls or SUIT.
.cLA,m CITY . NOT NOW
fsEcoNp CLASS MUNICIPALITY
rhsrsssrs csune;i WISE Net Within lie
RIshts When Awarding Contract for
14rsst Improvement Council Willing
= Eavs cass nealdsd On M'rit'-
othsr Nsws 81 Ne stlts.

special to Times-Republicah.
E:ldora. Sept. 1.-The petition in the
anticipated suit against the city Of Ell
dora was filed incthe county clerks Of
nee late Thursday afternoon. In fact
there are two petitiors, one asking
for a writ OF certiorari and the other
an Injunction restraining the city from
levying any tax on the work OF paving
and curbins on South Washington
street.
The case or cases will undoubtedly
be tried Jointly in the next term OF the
district court to be begun in Eldorn.
Monday. Sept. II. with Judge r. NJ.
Wright. OF Fort Dodge. on the bench.
The city authorities are willing to try
tho cases out on their merit.
The petition in oneca cites that the
;"city Of Eldora as It now exists and as
It was at the time Of passing the reso-.
luton Of necessity and advertising for
bids on the work Of improving the
street In controversy was in fact not
a city OF the second class. but by vir-
tue of the last census was town gov
eminent because under the 1000 point
Of population" The petition further
cites that the proceedings leading up
to the work OF paving the said Wash
IN ston street were Irregular and not In
conformity to the laws Of iowa relative
to such procedure.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-01
IOWA MAN DROWN @.
Rsbsrt 4. Mccoy. 81 Matstsss, Lssss
Lite II Lake Superior.

Rsbsrt 4. Mscsy. 81 vvatsssss, Lsses
Lite II Lake oupsrlsr.
Waterloo. Sept. l.-Attorney e. n.
Mccoy was advised by telegrams o.
the drowning Of his brother. Robert n.
Mccoy. on the north shore Of Lake SUI.
perior. near Nippigon in Ontario. Sum
day afternoon. The immediate cirdurn-
stances leading up to the drowning
are not known. It 10 probable the body
will not b recovered; az least II, had
not been when the last telegram was
received this morning. Attorney .kcCoy
left Tor NippiSon last evening.
Robert H. Mccoy was about ~ years
OF age and he was born N Buchanan
county. later graduating from the TN,
ivefsity Of lows in the civil engineer
Ing branch. For the past eighteen years
he had been locating engineer for the
Canadian Pacific railway with head
quarters in Spokane. Wash. u was.only
recently that he had been summoned;
to the province Of Ontario to inspect
company property.
He married Miss Margaret Brennan.
an Iowa City Girl. who survives with
two children. s3fss 3.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-01
YEARLY MEtT'Ne OF FRIENDS.
Especial .Intsrsst in Mission Work
ehown-Yd uno Men in Evidence.

Oskaloosa. Sept 1.-The yearly meet
ing Of Friends continues with increas.,
ing interest. An unusually strong
evangelistical note seems to permeate
all the sessions. One feature worthy
OF especial notice Is the large number
OF the younger Friends in attendance.
Another distinguishing feature OF this
particular yearly meeting Is the great
interest which Is manifested In mis-
s::S:;ss. !'! !::::ss y probably caused IN part
by the presence OF Charles E. Tebbetts,
general secretary OF the American
Friends hoard of foreign missions; OF
Charles Kurtzhalz and family. under
appointment Of jamaica; JEFFERSON ana
Helen Farr Ford, on furlough from the
Jamaica field. and Alice G. Lewis OF
Japan. ,s
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-01

which were badly frightened, and sus-
tained injuries that were first thought
very serious. Aftes.ssasl ase8a minatiOn 1t
was found that .ho s0Rerad from many
cuts and bruises about the body. He
was Immediately brought to Dubuque
for treatment. Mr.. MiI1et was thrown
from his position. striking something
with his head. His injuries are not
serious.
Lyons.
+ Plans are being made by the officers
for the annual picnic to be held by the
members Of the Empire state associa-
Etion. The event will be held this year
or Sept. Is. at Eagle Point park, and
"a fine time Is assured to all who at
tend. Good music will be feature OF
the day The Pennsylvan are also
invited to share the day with the New
Workers and are cordially urged to at
tend. The president Of the association
is Mr.. Frank Fellows, of Lyons.
Aioona.
Harry, the 14-year-old son of Joe
Seville and wife, disappeared week
ago last Saturday and nothing has
been heard from him since. He was
last seen about ) o'clock that afternoon
in company with another young chap
and the superstition is that the boys
have struck out to make their fortune
without advising tehir parents. Young
Scoville's parents would be glad to
hear any information concerning his
whereabouts.
Sioux City.
After a wild chase thru the streets
for an hour. Poundmaster Jim Cruick-
shank captured wolf with his dog
snare and made hero OF himself In
the vicinity Of Fifteenth and Geneva
streets The dog catcher was sum
n6ned b. excited telephone calls to the
police station. 1T Is reported the wolf
had broken out OF a yard. killed a
dozen chickens and bitten a boy
Cruickshank was forced to surrender
the animal to its owner. when the lat
ter claimed 1t, hut he advised several
of fthe ncighbors to swear out war
rant.
Not only is the Fort Dodge. Des
MONIES and Southern planning ad-
tlitional trackage to take care OF IT'S
freight business. but the company has
under consideration just noW the lay
ing OF new track for the city line,
to make a new route to the Plymouth
ana Mineral City gypsum mills. the
contemplation Of this plan IL caused
| by the present nscessity for running
city cars to the mills over a portion
81 the interurban trackage. east and
south OF Mineral City park. II the new
line II put In. 1t will leave the old line
at Twenty second street and will so
south on that street to the Plymouth
| mliii. thence east TO the Mineral City
mill.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-01
ONlck AND TILE PLANT SOLD.
vvsbater City ceneern Changes Hand.
C Price 81 e15o,00o.


Webster CITY, Sept. 1.-The largest
business transaction that has been
pulled of N Webster City In many
day, was the sale, o. the Webster City
Brick and Tile Company plant to B. n
Ward: OF Minneapolis. president OF the
Acorn Brick & Tile Company. for a
consideration Of S15O,000.
The present value Of the plant docs
not half convey the idea Of the large
ness Of the deal. The purchasers OF the
Plant expect 10 increase the capitalixa !
tim Of the concern to 100000 within
the next few months.
The Acorn Brick and Tile Company
owns u number OF large plants In Min
nesota, prominent among which are
the large works at Glenville and also
at Albert Lea The company is worth
millions ana has been IN the tile bust
ness for years.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-01

butts This M 10 3sSs psr pound
sasaS5a Oakland won. & Bristol With
an soS SfaeoS4f ~ ~ cows He sold
1874 pounds Of butter or IN average
OF 3o&s pounds.
At*paki, u. Nicholson, with flfteen
cows, won iarst place with an average
cf .lees pouAds~perc COW. AZ Lake Mills.
p. O. 0pellman 4. Mas awarded nrat
place. His average number OF cows
Was lAsb and they produced 2.5ob.4
pounds OF butter fat or an average Of
2s3.e pounds per COW.
In this contest the amount Of hutter-
fat used byS the families At home IN
the milk and cream was not taken into
consideration. Some LA per cent OF
all cows averaged less than 100
pounds. II has been n very profitable
experiment all around az well as a de-
cidedly interesting one.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-01
DAIRY AWARDS MADE.

North lowa Nerds Competing For
Hon5rs Show High Averages.
Special to Times Republican.
Mason City. Sept. 1--State Dairy EN-
pert Patterson has completed his
rounds Of creameTies and secured che
necessary data upon which the various
rewards will be made. He announces
the following list. OF winners: At TIVE
ten. j. c. Chalson Won first place. HIS
average number of cows was 14ha. His
total amount of butterfat was 2'sso, = !,
His average production was 202.l
pounds
At Mount Valley. 3. P Anderson
took first place with an average Of nine
cows which produced 2,023.4 pounds Of
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-01
PRISON Hearing sept. s.
al "a mes-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Dies MoineN Sept. 1.-Word was Civ
en- out by Attorney General George
Cosson today that the investigation
OF the charges ceritering about condt-
tions at the Fl. Madison penitentiary
VIII not start before Sept. 5, but that
they viii be begun on that date. Those
interested. In the probe will be given tbs
privilege OF attending the hearing and
testifying before the investigating COM
mittee., ~ second. hearing, is to be
ronAlcfed ~ the prison.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-01
Clarion News Notss.

Special to Times Republican.
Clarion, Sept John D. Denison.
Jr, and wife and son, Of Dubuque. have
been visiting at the parental home this
week. Mr.. Denison, ST.. is in q pre-
carious condition suffering with heart
trouble.
Rev. G. H. Van Metre was summoned
to his old charge near Ida Grove to
conduct the funeral Of a friend. He
was about leaving for the district con-
ference when the word came.
Mrs. j. Fairbanks and daughter
Grace and son Mack have returned
from their; summers stay at okoboji
lake. Mr., Fairbanks will return Sat-
urday
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-01
Rulins Places Labor.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. Sept. 1.-Altho Judge
Lawrence Dedran has been Hooded
with congratulations from turnout the
country because he passed his famous
Injunction putting an end 70 tho street
railway strike IN Des Moit1es, resolu-
tons from Tennessee this morning
took precedence over ali others. The
International Association, Of Steam
Filters at Memphis have forwarded
resolutions to the Judge complimentins
him on his action. A letter OF similar.
capacity was received a few days ago
from the United Mine Workers at
Pittsburgh. Tenn.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-01
Manchester.

8 f. 4 . y
senator r. W. Thrill Of this city.
who recently donated $50. 900 Riverside
park to the city OF Manchester. has
engaged the services Of a Landscape
gardener from Germany to beautify the
park. In addition to donating the park.
Senator and Mrs. Thrill also provided
"a permanent Improvement fund Of
about $4,000.
Storm Lake.
A new seventy-foot tower has been
erected here, and a new fire alarm bell
has been placed thereon. This new
tower replaces the old wooden one
which was blown to the ground during
q recent high wind. The new alarm IL
fitted with an electrical attachment 80
that in case Of fire 1t may be rung from
the telephone office or from other con-
venient places.
Eagle Grows.
The annual picnic Of the Eagle
Grove Farmers Cooperative Company
to be held today promises to be gala
day. The Commercial Club has .con1-
bined with the farmers and they pro-
pose to do something worth while A
flying machine. two bail games, auto
mobile races are among the main at
fractions. Another important feature Of
the picnic Is that everything Is free. a
Fort Dodge.
Fiji Dirocci. an italian laborer ena-
ployed by the Great Western &; waa
brought to st. Joseph's Mercy hospital
in the city Wednesday morning on tho
motor car. While working ut Lehl9h
large tile fell on the man. iDj1rine
him quite badly. On examination At tho
hospital 1t was reported. that Decides
numerous bruises on the body one, ut
his legs suffered compound fracture.
AIsena.
the life Of another old pioneer Of Kos
suth county when Tom Burt OF Union
township. crossed the dark river 81
death. Mr., Burt experienced a couple
OF strokes Of apoplexy during the psAj
winter and spring. which rendered
him helpless with paralysis ana he
has been gradually sinking away f0I
several months. ~ ssss.s I
Clinton. x + $50
Because he was charged 10 cents TOT
q shine. Walter Jones. colored, as@4dst-
ed Stephen Estateeu. q Greek. With a
nat iron and broke two ribs. The
Greek % in the hospital and J0ns IN
Jail. When Jones gave the Greek 40
cent piece for the sl,ine the 0lGeh
kept It and refused to tive Il hack -
cause. he said, Jones' feet were BID
that It was worth II. Then the mi
started. NJ III
pubvque.
a rcri~ 1,Avnnlas NineYcemtl NJ SSnd
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-01
TENANrED FARM q WEARS.
Hamilton County Farmer Who Has I
E = Near. Record.

Special to Times Republican.
Ellsworth. Sept. Ia recent issue OF
your, paper gives an instance OF ten
ant being on the same farm twenty
two years. We can beat that In at
least two instances in Hamilton coun-
ty. G.. p. Holt rented and lived on the
same farm, one mile north OF Blairs-
burg. twenty-seven' years and moved
about year ago to Clear Lake. >: u.
A. X. Lenning has rented ana lived
on the same farm twenty-five years.
which il located two and one-half
miles north Of Ellsworth and Is still on
the place.