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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-05-03

April. In fact. yesterday was the
better of the two. Early this
morning there was a heavy wind
that brought a light fall Of snow.
The day has been cloudy with a
raw. cold wind. an evidence that
winter still fingers with us.
The mower was off for a while
this afternoon and as a result we
are short of reading matter.
Attention is called to the all II
Is. w. Archibald Of Reno in this
issue. He has baby chicks for
sale.
Rev. w. D.. Best of the Califor-
mia Children's Home Society called
this forenoon. He is soliciting
funds for the Home.
Constable Happier of Carlin took
in the town today.
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~Salmagundi
FROM MONDAYS DAILY

a man observed a bulletin in
front Of a large department store
in Kansas City which read: "Bc-
fore you buy pants, come in and
ask to sec ours" He went in and
there was not a man clerk on the
floor, so he bought II fan and
walked out.
Mrs. Fowler. who has been
assisting Miss Hattie Clark since
the death Of her father. will leave
for her home at Reno tonight,
accompanied by Miss Clark. Mrs
Fowler has made many warm
friends during her stay in Eiko'
who will he glad to meet her
again.
The government laundry for the
washing and ironing Of soilcc
paper money is at last in opera
ton. Machines have been per
fcctcd by which dirty bill may b'
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HENDRICKS RECORD

E. C. Hendricks. who was sent
encsd to life imprisonent from
this county for the murder Of Otto
Hugo in Lamoiile on August %,
1889, has been returned to the
state prison for violating his
par lie. On December Is, 1887.
Hendricks threw a knife at his
wife's sister during a ball at Hal
leck. He was indicted and tried
on the charge of assault with
intent to kill for this offense, but
was convicted of assault to do
bodily injury. On February 20,
1888, Judge Bigelow sentenced him
to hfteeon months in state prison.
lie was discharged on March 9
1889, and on August %. 1889, he
killed Mr.. Hugo. He was convic-
ted of murder in the second degree
and sentenced to life Imprisonment
by Judge Bigelow.
Since his Incarceration he has
made several unsuccessful applica.
tions for pardon. He was a model
prisoner and several month ago he
was paroled. He is now back in
his old quarters and will probably
stay there the resi- of his life.
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DEAFNESS CANNOT Be CURED

by local applications as they eanno
reach the diseased portion Of the
ear There is only one way to
cure deafness. and that is by con-
titutional remedies. Deafness il
caused by an inf1amed condition of
the mucous lining of the Eustachian
Tube. When this tube is inhamud
you have q rumblinR sound or
imperfect hearing. and when IL il
entirely closed, Deafness ia the
result. and unless the inflammation
M be taken out and this tube
restored to its normal condition,
hearing will be destroyed forever:
nine cases out Of ten arc caused
by Catarrh, which is nothing but
an inflamed condition of the
mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dol
lars for any case of Deafness
tcaused by catsrrh) that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars free. +. j.
CHENEY & Co. Toledo. o.
Sold by Druggists, rs c.
Take Halls Family Pills for
constipation.
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sage and alfalfa for the orange
blossoms. - Exchange.

Bills have passed 1.-The senate for
government buildings at Fallon
and Wlnnemucca. but it will be a
long time before the bills pass the
house. If we size up The situation
in congress correctly there will be
no public building bills passed at
this session of congress The
democrats have called a halt on
putting the peoples money into
public buildings in small towns.
Millions of dollars have been spent
in public buildings in order to
make some senator or congress
solid with his constituents. Senator
Nixon seems to be on the job with
both feet.
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VOTING STRENGTH
OF THE NATION

A preliminary statement giving
for continental United States. for
each geographic division, and for
each state and territory, the
distribution Of the male population
81 years of age and over according
to color. nativity and parentage
and, in the case of fnreign-born
whites. a further distinction as to
citizenship. as shown by the re-
turns of the thirteenth census,
taken as of April Is, 1910, as re-
Gently issued BY Director Durand
of the census bureau, department
of commerce and labor.
The statistics were prepared
under the supervision of William
c. Hunt, chief statistician for
population and are subject to re-
V 81 ON.
The potential voting strength of
the nation and of each state and
territory is eXpres sed bv the num-
Der of its males u years of age
and over. excluding the foreign
born who have not become natural
lied, but by this is not meant the
actual number of voters in the
several states and territories. 1t
represents rather. the number of
males who from the standpoint of
age alone are eligible to vote.
asidefrom any qualifications based
upon education, length of resi-
dence or considerations of d like
nature imposed by the national
or state government. The foreign
born whites are distributed as
na~turalized having taken out first
papers alien, or unknown.
In 1910 the number of males of
voting age in continental United
States was 26. 999 ISL, or 29.4 per
cent of the total population, as
compared with 2l,l34,299. or 27.S
per cent of the total population
in 1900.
Table No. l shows in percent
agesthe distribution of the male
population q years of age and
over according to its elements for
1910 and 1880, for continental
United States as u whole. For the
white population distinction is
made between persons of native
and foreign birth, respectively, and
for the native white a further
distinction is made with respect to
parentage. Those persons having
both parents native are classed as
Of native psrentage; those having
one or both parents foreign born
are classed as Of foreign or mixed
parentage. OF the foreign born
white males of voting age, 45.7
per cent are n%aturalized, SO per
cent have taken out first papers.
34.l are alien, and III per cent
unknown. The equivalent figures
or 1900 are as follows: Natural
lied So per cent; first papers
taken out, S.4 per cent; alien, 1877
per cent; and unknown. 1919 per
cent.
Table No. 2 shows for 1910 and
1900 the number Of males OK
voting age. distributed by elements,
for continental United States, for
each geographic division, and for
each state and territory.
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S~almagundi
FROM FRIDAYS DAILY

Mrs F. J. Holland aad daughter
returned from Los Angeles yester-
day.
You a get lunch at the gram
mar school until 1880 this evening.
Don't miss the good things the
ladies have provided.
DR.. w. L. Taylor, the eyes
specialist, will leave Elko May 4th.
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Salmagundi
FROM SATURDAYS DAILY

A daughter was born Thursda,
to the wife of Ed. Hamilton OF
Lamoi'ie.
The indications are that the long
spell of stormy weather is over,
Trday has been free from storms
and the clouds broke away. Warm
weather will make the ranchers
and stockmen smile.
The Pohob dance was well
attended last night and those
present voted it one of the most
enjoyable dances ever given in
Elko. Quite a snug little SUN
went into the Pohob treasury.
Teddy got the Missouri delega-
tion away from Taft. OF course,
there was nothing crooked done by
Teddy's friends to gain Missouri's
vote. This pune. virtuous, highly
honorable and truthful candidate
for the presidency would not per-
nit anything crooked to gain a
vote. Why, bless your heart.
Teddy, is purity per ,onifed Nit.
The Humboldt Star says that
the Verdi Lumbe. company has
sent a fourteen-hOrse team from
Winncmucca to Elko to haul
machinery from here to Tuscarora
Another big outfit has gone to
Tuscarora to haul ore to EIko and
freight on the return trip.
fine birthday anniversary
celebration of the Odd Fellows last
night was an enjoyable affair. The
ritualistic ceremonies were in
charge Of R. W. Hesson rs noble
grand, assisted by f. r. Keyser AS
vice grand and II. l.. Bruce as
chaplin. Joe Plunketts story
about the Rebeah goat created quite
3 little amusement. Mrs. A. b.
Patterson and G.. b Happier were
the successful contestants in the
500 contest. At the close of
the banquet many Of the guests
returned to the lodge room where
the time was passed in social
conversation until an early hour
this morning.
In Keeping with what has been
recently published about the evil
influences Of the Wild West Show
exhibit in our town on a Sunday is
the following quotation from Prof.
George Adam Smith. one Of the
ablcst educators living: The
interests Of the Sabbath are the
interests of the poor; the enemies
of the Sabbath arc the enemies Of
the poor" Any shoT or public
amusement of like nature that sets
itself up in competition with public
Worship is a foe t. public morals,
because il would allure the people
away from the teaching which is
basic to all good morals. France
learned the lesson to her sorrow,
and so rapid was her moral dcca-
dcEc, that she was glad to retrart
and again provide for a Christian
Sabbath. or Lords day. DR..
Nugcnt's words in Thursdays
paper were most timely WiIhert
X. Howell.
MIR. and Mrs. Reader will leave
for their home at Reno tonight.
They are very grateful for the
sympathy and assistance given
them by our people. MIR. Reader
is a veteran Of the Civil war.
W. r. O'Ncil, the Wells stock
man, was married in Oakland last
Tuesday evening to Miss Carrie
Richardson, a popular young lady
Of that California city. They have
taken up their residence in Wells
and will make that place their
home. The Independent con-
graduates BILLY" and his bride.
- $50
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Salmagund
FROM THURSDAYS DAILY

Joe Curry of Edgemont is in
town.
Sheriff Harris left this morning
on the Tuscarora stage.
Tracy Fairchild was a passenger
for Tuscan IRA this morning.
MIR. and Mrs. Greenfield will ar
rive tonight on the Western
Pacific.
Mrs. Otto Williams returned
from San Francisco last night.
1t is rumored that there will be
a shake up in the asylum before
another moor ripens and that
several political heads will fall into
the waste basket.
The supreme judge s have not YET
received the $500 allowed each of
them by the special session of the
legislature for their work on the
new codes. The amounts were
passed by the board Of examiners
over a month ago. but Controller
Eggers has not drawn the warrants
on the treasurer.
Come to the grammar school
Friday afternoon for lunch be-
tween 8 and $3.50 o'clock and help
alons the playground movement.
The ladies wish to that
they have provided plenty of re-
freshments for all who may come.
Ghey make this announcement
because at the last social given by
the association. it was necessary to
send many away unserved.
The collecting of pens that have
been owned by or associated with
famous personages is a hobby that
has attracted some collectors,
though the pursuit is an expensive
one. A well worn gold pen used
by Charles Dickens brought 5000
at q sale of his effects. A pen
made out of wood from a box
owned by George Washington, the
box having been made from a
desk bro ught TO America by the
Mayflower. is valued at 50, $780,
Exchange.
A verdict of suicide was
reddered by the coroner's jury in
the case of Lloyd Remor, a 49,
ycar-old boy whose body was found
in a mangled condition on the N.
c. O. track, near Davis creek. A
number of witnesses testified to
the fact that the boy had frequent
ly threatened to commit suicide,
because he was an epilectic and
was despondent over his condition.
The engineer of the train testified
that he did not see the boy nor
note the impact when the body was
struck Gazette.
w. II. Russell, agent of the
Eureka Supply Company at Pali-
SADIE, came up in charge of the
special train that arrived in Eu-
reka Wednesday morning about 2
o'clock. He brought up eight car
loads Of merchandise and other
supplies and reports having had
a rough trip. On account of the
continued stormy weather the road
bed Is unusually soft through Pine
Valley, which compelled running
the train at a very slow speed,
and on account Of a number Of
other troubles that occurred on the
way UP they were out 80 hours
when the usual time is about seven
hours. Sentinel.
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Salmagund
FROM TUESDAYS DAIL1

Gold & Franklin. the popular
tailor, have a new ad in this issue.
Read it.
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For SA!e. a lot of fine posts and
several cords of good wood. Will
be delivered in q antilles tn suit
Inquire - George M. Clayton
Elko Nev-lL.
Mr.. aal IRIS. Geo. II. Greenfield
returned III, morning from their
South An rican trip. Bntn of
them Lock ssif they hid eajoy d
every minute of the time while
away.
So far Mdy has followed in the
footsteps of April. Cold winds
and threatening clouds make the
weather disagreed BILE. Unless a
change comes pretty soon, there
will be no spring in this section.
Joe Curry and H. c. McMurtry
have purchased the stock and
good will of the Bakery saloon and
have taken possession of the place.
They are Iretty good men as the
world goes and all who p%atronize
them will receive fair treatment.
Thos. G. Gill, business manager
of the Moore-Ethier company, is
in town making arrangements for
the appearance uf the company at
the Opera House for three nights
next week. Watch for the ad
tomorrow.
The Parents & Teachers ~associa-
ton will sarve sandwiches, cheese,
olives, cake and Coffee at the gram
mer school on Friday, May Bird.
from 8 until 1880 p. m. The
price is % cents and the proceeds
are to be added to the play ground
fund.
The Dor>as Society extends a
cordial invitation to the members
of the PRESBYTERIAN church anti
congregation TO an informal
reception to Rev. and Mrs. Green
field and DR.. and Mrs. Nugent at
the church Friday evening from
1880 until 9 o'clock.
Mrs. f. Wallace wishes to an
nounce to the public that she has
moved her Massage Parlor to
Room 60 in the Commercial Hotel
where she will be pleased to see all
who need her services. En-
terance to Office on Idaho St.
Office open for business on and
after "Wednesday. March l3.
Some statisticisn has figured
out that nearly 5000 freight cars
and 1900 locomotives are annually
sent to the scrap heap by the
railroads Of the United States.
The number Of freight cars repre-
sent n tonnage Of 1925, 900, with
a hauling capacity exceeding 1000
gOod-si2ed ships.
Charges and countercharges of
primary and convention vote-buy-
ing recall the defense offered by
a Tennessee legislator when
accused of casting his vote con.
trary to his prediction promise
and against the instruction from
his constituents. 81 aimed to vote
right" he pleaded. "but, dog-gone
'em, they bought me out"
The Great" Republic Of China
is, indeed, the greatest on earth
439, 600, 900 people scattered over
an ares Of 4,277.00 SQUARE miles!
The United States, with the
Philippines. Porto Rico and
Hawaii, has a pOpul alton of lOd,.
600. 900 and an area of 81, 600, 900
square miles. The new republic
has therefore, 800. 900 square miles
more Of territory and more than
four times as many people as the
United States.
The Bell telephone system is the
greatest owner of copper in the
world, excluding urmined supplies.
At the close OF 1911 1t had 49,
900, 900 miles OF wires in poles and
in cables. This represents up
wards of $50, 900 600 pounds of
copper, or more than twice the
worlds visible supply of the metal
on December 81, 1911, which was
2l7, 10000 pounds. In addition
there are several million pounds Of
| cnppsr In IN, q EOO nm t,lorbnpn
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died almost instantly. Ford gave
himself up to the officers and was
placed in Jail.
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It is reported that Mr.. and Mrs.
Greenfield will arrive tomorrow.
The first day Of May is no i'm
provement over the last day of
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How To BE Rich.

Put ali your eggs In one basket. and
then place the basket In cold storage.
Life.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-24
MEMORIALS PLAN FOR SEASON.
Expect to Put Winning Track Team
in the Field.

The Memorial Athletic Club Of George
town. is making extensive plans for put
ting out a winning track team this win
ter. a lot of new members are being
enrolled, and a number of others are ex-
pected TO come in as soon as actual work
starts.
The records hung up by the club and
the consistent goodwOrk done by its va
rIOus teams have made this organization
4 desirable one for budding athletes
The following new faces will be seen
on the track this winter: Harry Davis.
William PhersOn. George Kicker. Mar
mIOn Mcleod, John Magee. Charles
Rouse, Roy Wood, Warner Clark. Nor
ris King. William Rankin, James Fahey.
Walter Jett, and Richard Mansfield. Ii
will be remembered that King. Mcleod.
Kicker, and Davis are all former Cross
Country Clubs athletes. and the club has
been given a great boost by the appear
arce of Davis. their star sprint man.
Among the old men who will again
don the togs of blue and orange are.
George Keane, Burns Mccormick. En-
nett Bateman. George Simmon. Samuel
Richmond, and Albert Stern.
The team is in full charge Of their
veteran coach, howard P. Foley.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-24
GALLAUDET STARTS
BASKETBALL WORK
Twenty Candidates Report to Capt.
Durian and Prospects
Are Bright.

Twenty men at GalIaudet College an
swered the call OF Capt. DURAN for
basketball candidates yesterday. The
number is unusually large. and indicates
that Gallaudet will have plenty OF ma
terial from which to build a good quin-
tet DURAN. Kelley. Miller. Claussen,
and Foltz. of the last years team. have
signified their intentions to play. and
these men will form the nucleus of this
years varsity five. Cuscaden and Mar
shall are the most promising men Of
the new candidates
Practice in the college gymnasium will
begin tomorrow. and before one week
has passed, Capt. Durian will likely face
hard problem OF selecting men TO maxi
up the team that opens the season De-
cember :. Under the tuition of Physical
Director Arras, who played on the quin-
tet during his four years here, one of
the best quintets that ever represented
the East Side college should be turned
out
The schedule. which will be published
soon. contains games with teams OF Gal
laudet's class. ST. Johns (AnnapOIisN.
University of Virginia, George Wash
ingtOn University, and Catholic Cniver-
slty are included on the list
The Washington herald., 1912-11-24
RECALLS WRECK
OF THE TITANIC
Col. Archibald Oracle Describes
Happenings on the III
fated Ship.

The details of the Titanic disaster were
described last night at the University
Club by Col. Archibald Oracle, one of the
few survivors, who was cast into the sea
as the ship went to the bottom. The en-
tertainment of last night was the second
of series that will be given during the
winter semi-weekly.
The Titanic struck the ice at midnight
on April H. and she sank two hours and
twenty-five minutes later. Col Gracic
displayed two watches he had with him
at the time. one of which still registers
the hour OF 2:22 o'clock, the minute that
the great ship dove to the bottom.
Col. Oracle denounced as false the
newspaper accounts published concerning
the disaster. and said that the terrible
phase of the wreck was that it would go
down in history in the way the papers
had pictured it
The Washington herald., 1912-11-24
WOMAN DEFENDS
INJURED DIVORCEE
Friend of Mrs. Estelle S. Baggott
Says Weems Was Of Un-
sound Mind.
HAS CHANCE FOR LIFE

Reno, New, Nov. 23-Mrs Christine
W. Barrett. OF New York. who came to
Reno with Mrs. Estelle s. Baggot, the
divorcee, who was shot by H. S. Weems,
at Moana Springs yesterday afternoon,
to-day granted an interview to a corre-
spondent
Mrs. Barretts husband is in New
York. but she denied that she was in
Reno for the purpose OF getting a d.
vorce.
Poor little Estelle wouldn't harm a
bird" she said, much less ruin a life.
The man was crazy. We never knew
him by the name OF Weems. We knew
him as c. w. Owens, and we always
knew him TO act strangely. had
known him but a few months. Mrs.
Baggot had known him eight months.
she had apartments adjoining mine
at the Buckingham. Los Angeles. My
brother stayed there with me Mr..
Weems, or Hal as we called him, al
ways begged me to accompany him and
Estelle wherever they went. telling me
time and again that he wanted me to
be a good friend to him and Estelle.
Then he would tell Estelle terrible
things about me--lies. all OF them. I let
him have five dollars night before last
He said he was out Of money. Weems
fist. He was selling bonds for DR.. Ro-
land French, in Los Angeles, TO build q
new medical institute.
Letters Bring Smile.
Halls letters telling OF buying silks
and fine clothes for EsteIle make me
smile. She had an income OF her own
from her father. in Taylorville, Ill. As
for her running the life OF her husband,
or any other man. IL is all bosh.
She always told me she would go
back to her husband II only he would
not drink"
It developed at the coroner's inquest
to-day that one portion OF weems' brain
was hardened and he might have been
insane
Mrs. Baggot is still in critical condi-
ton. with chances Of living about even.
Weems' relatives have telegraphed to
care for the remains, which will be ship
ped to Baltimore.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-24

private citizen TO pension ex-public ofi-
ciaIs, university presidents and others.
The convention of the federation in
1913 will be held at Seattle, which was
selected over Richmond and Indianapo-
lis.
Riot in Convention.
Late tonight the convention was
thrown into tremendous excitement when
Big Bill" Haywood, leader of the In
dustrial Workers Of the World, entered
the rear OF the hall and assaulted ].
Mahlon Barnes. The assault was wit
messed from the chair by President Com
pers. He startled the delegates by
shouting Men. big Bill Haywood has
just assaulted a delegate"
Every one OF the hundred men in the
convention sprang for the door. Hay
wood fed from the building. With the
delegates at his heels, William Coakley
and James p. Holland, of New York,
captured Haywood in Lincoln Monument
Square, one block away, and pummeled
him severely before the police effected
his rescue. Haywood pleaded with the
officers to take him anywhere except
to convention hall He said his life
would be in danger IL he returned there.
Barnes, the man assaulted, was cam
paign manager for Debs, the Socialist
candidate for President in the recent
The assault occurred when Haywood
walked up to Barnes and remarked:
We'll, you've got yours. Gompers and
his crowd put 1t all over you. didn't they?"
We'll, If l did get beaten replied
Barnes. Il got a respectful hearing.
Il am a Socialist and a trade unionist;
you. Haywood, are an individualist and an
anarchist"
A. .hi- ,,o,.,... ..pir- r;II,.,, -I.b. a..
shot out and connected with the jaw of
his opponent. The UIow staggered Barnes,
but he did not fall. The chase and ar
rest followed.
The convention adjourned sine die at
$40 p. m.