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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-24
INSULTS AMERICAN WOMEN

| Mrs. May Leonard Woodruff of
New Jersey, vice president of the
Woman's Home Missionary Society.
stirred up the people when she
spoke to thousand of them at u
Kansas City church Sunday night
and condemned President Taft for
"patting the Mormons on the
back in connection with his recent
visit to Utah. She prefaced her re-
marks concerning President Taft
and his friendliness with the Nor
mon Church by expressing her at
miration for the president as a
statesman and an executive. Then
she launched into her condemna.
ton of his recent visit to the home
of the Mormon Church.
"On his recent swing around the
country" she hogan, President
Taft thought it incumbent on him
to pay a visit to Salt Lake City the
recognized stronghold in this coun
try Of Mormo nism. AS matter of
course the P esident was hnnored
in the sUtah metropolis. But it
was not necessary that he should be
driven through the streets seated
in the same carriage with Joseph
Smith, president of the Mormon
Church. Even that could be over
looked had not President Smith S
illegal method of living been pa
rade I with the chief executive of
the United States.
In the carriage following the
one in which President Smith and
President Taft rode. we're seated
three wives and five children of
Smith. each of the three wives hav-
ing been married since the socalled
Manifesto of 1890, in which the
Mormon Church represented to
have renowned polygamy.
This action of the president
was an insult to the American
nome. an insult to American won.
anhood. BY his action in Salt
Lake City, it looked at if the pres,
ident of the United States was
coun fencing plural marriage ana
polygamy. st. Joseph Observer.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-24
TEMPTING MARKS FOR BOLTS

The reaction from the intense
heat of the past few days. which
in various sections has taken the
form of electrical storms of almost
phenomenal destructiveness, has
played exceptional havoc with the
churches of New England. AS
many DIS half dozen have been
struck by lightning in this state
alone, and in almost every instance
the structure has been of the
familiar style of architecture that
was instituted by our forefathcrs
and has been more or less cherished
ever since.
Somewhat squartly built, with a
lofty spire, the New England meet
ing house has been familiar
feature to the New England
wCrshiper wherever he might fird
himself. and though all else was
strange, that made him feel that
he was in his own county.
The lofty spirc, however, has
proved an element of danger &C.
cording to our recent experience.
In almost every instance, as the
reports run, the bolt struck the
steep!e' and travelled downward.
In ru al communities, especially
where the church rises above most
of the surrounding buildings and
is crowned by tapering tower as
high as the main structure, il
seems to fer a special challenge
to the raging elements, whether
they take the form of wind or
lightning.
The white church" at West
Springfield, which suffered yrstcr-
day, hau been struck twirc rlcvi-
ously during the past ten ytays,
and in WiIbraham. Brookfield and
other places it was upon the spires
that the destructive force alightcd.
Boston Transcript.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-24
GOES A WEEK WITHOUT FOO[

To be lost in the mountains for
week without food was what
bcfcll frcnchman named Antoine
FOurnier ii short time ago. Along
about the frs of the mon tn he left
here with u carload Of bucks and
was. going to James Corbcil's
sheep camp at New York canyon
in the Pine Forest range. Two
weeks ago, when somewhere be.
tween the Sod, House station and
Quinn River. Crossing. for some
unknown reason he got on a trail
that led HIM and the sheep into the
mountains, away from TIE right
road. Fourier is about ~ years
of age and his eycsight is poor,
and he probably got bewIldcrcd
for he was lost for six days before
he was found by a searching
party, who tracked him into the
mountains. He was found about
eighty miles from his destination.
During the time that he was lost
he was without food and he was in
a prccaipus condition when found,
but it is believed that the old man
will fully recover from the ordeal
Humboldt Star.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-24
CAUSE OF The GOODNESS

A young lady of Oak Park has
been spending the summer in Pc
toskey, Michigan, says the Chicago
Post. Before she went there she
had most devoted admirer. Now
he has transferred his affections
and refuses to speak to her any
more. The trouble is that she
was lonesome at Pctoskey, aad one
day she bought a postcard showing
one Of of the public buildings up
there and sent it to her beau,
writing on it: 81 wish you were
here"
But she did not motto that it
was the picture Of the Emmett
comfy Jail.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-24

NJ Paul was - grocer in n French
town Rats Ovcrran tho place and o
price OF Two sous u head was pl1ccd
upon them by the town council NJ
Pauls crrand hoy. working carly and
late. managed TO Stay 30 rats in the
cellars and attics Of tho shop The
boy took them to the town hail, nnd.
returning iubIlant 10 the grOccr's,
showed VI Paul the nine francs he
had gained The grocer held out his
palm Hand the money over" he
said you knew very well those rats
were mlnn. not yours!"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-24
DISTRICT COURT

In the district court this fore
noon. the case Of the state against
T. j. Connollcy indicted for grand
larceny, came up 10 be set for
trial. The district attorney stat
ed that he had not been able to o.
cate one of the principal witnesses,
living in Utah, but all the other
witnesses were located. Judge
Averill continued the matter until
5 o'clock this afternoon
The case of Theodore Ferstand
aginst Helen Brow" was then tax
en- up. After some arugment the
parties settled the suit.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-24
THE OICTAPHONE

This is an age Of new things
and new conveniences for the
transaction of business and carry
ing on the ordinary affairs of life.
One hundred years ago there were
no electric lights and no telephones
in existence. The wonders of
electricity revealed by Edison and
Marconi lay dormant, but ready to
spring forth at the command Of
their maigc wand. Now the ap.
plication of electricity 20 the affairs
of life is no longer a dream, but q
reality.
The latest application of this
wonderful agent to reach EIko is
the Dictaphone in Attorney Game s
office. This machine is composed
in reality of three machines, the
receiver, the re-producer and the
shaving machine.
The receiver records the dicta-
ton of the party and preserves il
on roll. This roll is put in the
re-Droducer and gives up its secret
to the one who is to copy them.
The shaving machine is used to
shave the rolls after they have
been used and make them ready to
be used again.
The machine is a wonderful piece
of mechanism ard is a great saver
Of time. Instead Of debating tC
his stcnorgapher, Mr.. Caine talks
into the receiver and the roll re.
cords his words. The roll is the n
placed in the re-producer and gives
up its secrets to the type writer,
The time Of the stcnographer il
taking the dictation is saved. II
is a wonderful machine.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-24
TERRITORY IS EXTENDED

The first news of an eastward
and northward extension of the
Pacific system territory of theHar-
riman lines was made public Satur-
day in the first official circul ar is
sued by William Sproule. new
president Of the Southern Pacific
company. The circular announces
that after November |, the juris-
diction of William +. Herrin, f.
Calvin and f. o. Mccormick vice
president of the S. P.company, will
extend over the lines south ofPort-
land, Oregon, west from Ogden,
Utah, and west of the Rio Grande
river bridge, just this side of FL
Paso Texas.
The present eastern and north
ern limits of the territory ire
Sparks. Nevada, and Ashland. Ore.
gon.
THIS simply MEANS" said J. M.
Fulton this morning. that there
VIII be one central authority fol
the system from San Francisco t.
Ogden. 1t will simplify matters
so far as Nevada is con cerncd, for
heretofore. there has been a divided
jurisdiction, a part of Nevada re-
porting to San Francisco and the
other part reporting to Ogden. -
Gazette.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-24
SHOOT UP AN AUTO

An automobile party that ar
rived in this city last evening
relates an exciting experience that
happened on the Geiger grade.
They claim that they suddenly
came upon two men on horseback
as they rounded one of the sharp
turns and the meeIi"g was so un-
expected that there was no time to
stop. The horses became frigh-
tened. and it was only with
difficulty that the men we're able
to control the animals to keep
from being thrown never the steep
emhankment. After they had got
ten safely by, however, the driver
of the machine says they drew
revolvers and began shooting
who Their into the air or in attempt
to puncturc the tires is not stated,
for the automobile party did not
tarry to ascertain. They later
were looking for warrants but did
not know who the men were so
nothing was done about it. 1t was
an exciting experience to say the
least and reminder of the
frontier days. Virginia Chronicle.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-24

One important result of woman
suffrage in New South Wales the
changed conditions of prison life
for women is being watched with
interest by many countries. The
new penitentiary for women at
Long Bay is probably the most up
to-date comfortable and even lux
urious place of its kind in the
world. 1t is fitted with hot and
cold baths. with well-vcniilatcd
cells painted in pleasing coIors,
electric lighted and stocked with
suitable reading matter. Garden
ing, dr"ssmaking, cooking and
washing are taught. If incarcer-
alton is supposed to be an example
to wrong doors, there is undoubt-
eddy a point at which comfort in
prison may be carried too far. On
the other hand, it is doubtful
whether any one is ever injured by
kind treatment If intelligently di
rected. The Australian state has
set good pace in regarding these
unfortunate women as in need of
treatment rather than of punish.
ment.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-24

An exchange says that e.third
Of the country think they can beat
a lawyer in expounding the law.
One-half think they can beat the
doctor in healing the sick. Two
thirds Of them think they can put
the preacher in the hole in preach
ing the gospel; and all think they
can beat the editor in running a
newspaper.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-24
SALMAGUNDI

no lin his big auto.
The Tribune says there is MOTH
ing new in the strike situation at
Sparks.
Courthouse, Highschool, and
grammar School, souvenirs at
Wintermantel.s Jewlery Store.
Fred L. Anderson, one of the
prominent stuckmen of the Bru-
neau country, is in town on land
matters. He. has purchased the
Frank Buschazo ranch near Row.
land.
= For Rent-One or two rooms
suitable for Offices in harrington
building. Apply to H. S.
Taber.
To Rent Five furnished rooms,
suitable for light housekeeping.
Inquire at the corner OF elyenth
and Idaho streets.
Malcolm Macdonald, mining
engineer and banker of Southern
Nevada, died suddenly yesterday
morning in his room in a New
York hotel.
Dean Harrison, Jeweler and
optician, has moved one door
east of the drugstore, where he
will be glad to see all wanting
work in his line.
George o. Smith, special agent
and adjuster of the InsuranceCom-
pany of North America, is in town
looking after the interests Of his
company.
= william F. Humphrey of San
Francisco is in town looking after
business matters. He and Stanley
Taber called at this office this fore
noon.
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,
p:oprie!ress.
be Three Van Stats" in an
oldADutch Musical, an Orphet m
attraction will be given at the
Opera House Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday nights with special
scenery.
John X. Walls the Chicago bank
buster, died yesterday of heart d.s-
else. He was paroled nine days
ago from thu 1t avenworth federal
prison, where he was serving n five
years sentence for the misappro-
priation of the funds of q bank un-
der his control.
Rev. l.. T. Barkman. the Chapel
. Car missionary, will preach this
evening in the tent, his subject be-
ing Mans Obligation to God"
There are new developments in the
meetings each evening. A cor
dial invitation is extended to all.
Drilling has stopped at the West
ern Pacific well and the drilling
machine was loaded on flat car
this afternoon and shipped TO
Sacramento. The we'll is down 378
feet and the flow of water seems
to be getting stronger.
Photographer Ram5dell has
settled down to business again and
can be found at his gallery ready
to make all kinds of pictures of all
sorts of people. He can make
handso picture of the features
of the homeliest person with the
wonderful processes Of his art. See
him for work in his line.
The death Of Perry Tritt at the
county hospital Sunday and his
burial Monday will give his friends
at Bullion and ELSEWHERE a severe
snAk. He was one of the old set
tlefs of the county and q man high
ly respected and esteemed by all
who knew him. He was great
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-24

Pneumatic Tsmper.
A pneumatic tamper has been in
vented for rammlng paving stones.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-24

Diamonds Of Various CoIors.
At recent gem exhibition In Lon.
don there we're shown blue, pax and
aquamarine diamonds.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-01-10

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. : The
bureau of mines is preparing to
touch off an explosion in real
coal mine to demonstrate to doubt
ing mine owners of America the
explosibility of coal dust.
Mine owners say that the gov
eminent experiments at Pittsburg
have only theoretical value de-
cause they are conducted in steel
tank and not in a mine. The gov
eminent is trying to hammer In
to the heads of the mine owners
that it is coal dust, not gas, that
causes the most terrible mine dis
asters. They will buy a mine and
blow it up to prove it.
The experimental explosions will
have all the characteristics of the
real disaster without the usual loss
of life, for there will be no one in
the government mine when the
dust explodes. When the poison
Gus gases have been driven out
the experts will enter and study
the effects of the explosion.
Scientists have long known that
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-01-10
FAMOUS MAN HUNTER IN
SOLDIERS Home TO DIE

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 10.
said he would be found in
a certain ward of the National SOL
diers' home at Sawtelle, but one
never could have picked him out
of the crowd. OF all the veterans
in blue, he was the mildest,> the
the least likely to be the
famous man-hunter of the U. S.
government whose name for 40
years had been the terror of the
toughest outlaws on the frontier.
But that was Lieut.. John R.
Petrie, they said-the little fellow
his pipe and reading his
paper. Why, he is only five feet,
six, and weighs but 1926! Still, he
is "Red-Headed Johnny" just the
same, the man who brought over a
thousand horse thieves to justice,
took red-handed murderers singly
and alone, and wrote his name
deeply into the history of widest
frontier days.
Jack Sully, a half-breed, was the
king of border outlaws in the
Dakotas when Petrie was sheriff.
He made trouble for the govern
ment by cutting timber on public
lands and selling it in the market.
He had successfully defied all the
officers who tried to get him, but
one day little Petrie went after
him alone.
AS he crossed the river in
skiff, he saw Sully awaiting him
with a gun on shore. Petrie kept
on, landed, walked up to Sully and
told him he was under arrest.
Sully surrendered, as his gun was
not loaded. Fooled 'em all that
way" he explained. Didn't think
anybody would dare to come
ashore" Sully was fined $500.
That didn't bother Sully. He
developed system of cattle steal
ing that enabled him to do a
wholesale business in the Omaha
and Chicago markets. But one
day he made a serious mistake
extended his operations to the
Rosebud Indian reservation. That
gave ePtrie another chance to go
after him and he determined to
put him and his gang out of bust
ness.
Sully's house was on the brow
of a hill, where he could command
the country in every direction
with spy-glass. AS soon as he
saw anybody coming he communi-
Gated with the rest of his gang.
Petrie took four men and crept
up through the brush in the dark.
When he had Sully's house in
hand, he sent a ranchman to adj
wise Sully that escape was impos-
sible and that he had better sur
render. Instead, Sully jumped on
a horse and tried to get away.
Fire low at the horse and
bring him down." Petrie ordered.
But one bullet pierced sully's
body. He was fatally wounded.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-01-10
DRIVES A BAD COLD OR THE GRIPPE
FROM YOUR SYSTEM IN FEW HOURS.

The most effective and harm
less way to cure the Grippe or
break a severe cold, either in the
head, chest, back, stomach or
limbs, is a dose of Pape's Cold
Compound every two hours until
three consecutive doses are taken.
You will distinctly feel the cold
breaking and all grippe symptoms
going after the very first dose. II
promptly relieves the most miser-
ablo headache, dullness, head and
nose stuffed up. feverishness.
sneezing, sore throat, running of
the nose, soreness, stiffness and
rheumatic aching.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-01-10
ATTELL BESTED
BY JOE C0STER
(By United Press Leased Wire.)

(By United Press Leased Wire. }
NEW YORK, Jan. 1O.-Abe At
tell Is having a hard time ex-
planning today mis- showing against
Joe Coster in their bout here last
night. The concensus of opinion
lis that Coster outpointed Attell all
the way. One or two critics
wrote that Attell was lucky o es-
cape knockout and all agreed
tnat he moderated his opponent.
Attell says he wants a return
match. Friends of the willy He
brew say that NO further explana-
ton is necessary.
Attell stalled throughout the
fight and was unlucky enough to
run into a hard punch in the last
round. 1t appeared from the ring
side as If Attell were employing
all his science to keep going un-
til the final gong. Attell obvious
~ was not in condition, the spec
tators say.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-01-10
BANDITS KILL SALOONMAN
WHO RES|STS zH0LD-UP

Two masked highwaymen held
up the saloon of Fred Barnett, at
Dierings, killed Barnett and got
away with $50 last night after a
desperate struggle in the barroom.
They overlooked $500 in a
drawer below the cash box in their
haste.
Four men were in the place
with Barnett and the bartender, j.
r. Mcdonald, when two masked
men entered with drawn revo2-
vers. The men were backed up
against the wall by one of the rob-
hers and the other covered Bar
nett.
He started behind the bar to
get the cash when Mcdonald grab
bed him. There was a lively scuf-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-01-10

file and Mcdonald was holding his
own. The robber yelled to the
other man to shoot. The thief
fired two bullets into Barnett to
dispose of him as he was trying to
help the bartender and Barnett
fell in heap dead
The robber then floored the
bartender and fired a shot or two
at him and grabbing the cash in
the drawer the two fled.
The other men in the saloon
were so excited and scared they
made no attempt to capture them.
They could not even give a good
description of the robbers.
Sheriff Longmire and Deputy
Stenso went out last night with
the coroner but they found no clue
to the murderers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-01-10
MESSAGE OF GOV. WEST OF
OREGON is PROGRESSIVE

tai punishment; the conservation
of natural resources within the
state; the creation of an adequate
policy of forest protection and a
liberal appropriation for salmon
hatcheries.
Favors Labor Legislation.
He places himself on record as
favorable to labor legislation, and
urges the legislature to carefully
consider measures presented by
representatives of organized labor.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-01-10
$4,000 WEDDING PRESENT
FOR C0TCH IF HE WANTS IT

latter emerged from retirement
two years ago, says that Gotch is
just as good card as the hope
of the white race" was then. and
Gotch's contract is almost dupi-
cate of that entered into between
Jeff and Frazee.
If Gotch signs it, he will class
with the highest vaudeville stars
in point of salary.
Many Chicago sporting men be
lieve Gotch will yet sign for
match with George Hacken-.
schmidt, the Russian wrestler.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-01-10

the dust of coal, wood and grain Is
explosive; it is only within three
years that they have discovered
that coal dust as an explosive is
powerful as dynamite. 1t is now
known the destruction of the
Washburn and five other flour
mills of Minneapolis, May 2, 1873,
was caused by dust explosion.
Here is a list of American min
ing disasters attributed to explod-
ing dust:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-01-10

Petrie offered him a drink and
asked him why he had not taken
his advice. "Only one thing to
do, Johnny" he said, I'm So
couldn't stand a long sentence"
He died in a few minutes and was
buried on his ranch.
Petrie's last exploit was to cap
ture two Indian murderers, Allen
Walkingshield and George Bear,
one of whom killed Prof. Tayloe
of Washington. In pursuing them
through the Bad Lands for 10
days Petrie pressed one of them
so hard that the Indian cut slice
of meat from his horses rump to
keep from starving. Petrie sprung
the trap when these murderers
were hanged. did it Just as I'd
Kill a snake" he says.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-01-10

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
CHICAGO, Jan. 10-A wedding
present of $40, 900 will be handed
Frank Gotch by H. H. Frazee, the
theatrical man, when Gotch and
Miss Gladys Oestrich are married
tomorrow. In return for the pres
ent Gotch will be required to de-
vote 20 minutes of his time each
day during the next 20 weeks to
vaudeville, for the gift is in the
form of contract.
Frazee, who managed James ].
Jeffries' vaudeville tour when the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-01-10
% @ Nc @ % % ANAh

dust explosions in 1907, and AGO
in 1908.
To show American mine owners
the danger of dust, the bureau
experts will fill their experimental
mine with dust and touch it off.
The bureau hopes to induce own
ers to install preventive devices
voluntarily, but as the result of
the experiments the government
will be asked to pass laws COM
pelling safety measures.
Some measures which will pre-.
vent coal dust explosions are:
Humidifying the intake air cur
rents with steam.
Daily sprinkling of corridors.
Frequently cleaning up dust
and washing down walls with
hose.
Covering walls with stone dust.
Using only small flame eXplo-
sives,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-01-10

Take this harmless Compound
as directed, with the knowledge
that there is no other medicine
made anywhere else in the world
which will cure your cold or end
Grippe misery as promptly and
without any other assistance orr
bad after-effects as a 25-cent pack
age of Pape's Cold Compound
which any druggist in the world
can supply.
After three years research we
have conelusively demonstrated
that quinine is not effective in the
Treatment of colds or grippe.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-01-10
Expect Races
To Continue
(By United Press Leased Wire

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
NEW YORK, Jan. 10.-That
horsemen do not expect an inter-
ruption of eastern racing is indi-
Gated by the number of nominal
lions for the Futurity of 1913.
Thomas F. Ryan today nominated
six mares. making the total num-
Der to date 400. John e. Madden
has 48 nominees, August Belmont
l43, H. p. Whitney 81 and James
H. Keene %.