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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-03-23
BILL TO QUIET TITLE

Attorney Henderson received a
telegram Saturday from Mr.. Caine
at Washington saying that a bill to
quiet the title to town lots within
the right of way of the Central Pa
cific was introduced by Senator
Newlands on that day. Mr.. Caine
SAYS he thinks the matter is under
stood by all concerned and the
speedily passage of the bill is assur-
ed. He expected the bill to- he fav-
orably reported from the commit
tee today.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-03-23
MEETING OF CIVIC LEAGUE

A meeting of citizens interested
in the organization of a Civic Lea.
que in Elko has been called for
Tuesday night March %, at 7:45
P. M. The committee on organiza-
ton is ready to make a report and
the meeting is for general discus
Sion of constitution and general or
ganization. This meeting is import.
ant and all interested should attend.
By order of the Committee.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-03-23
,EL11o-NEN
State Of Ohio. city Of Toledo.

tarerEAE<e@r - = -farir-aM
State of Ohio. City of Toledo.
Lucas Gounty,-ss.
Frank j. Cheney makes an cath
that he is senior partner Of the
firm of F. J.. Cheney & Co, doing
business in the City of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and
that said firm will pay the sum Of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for.
each and every case of CataErh
that cannot be cured by the use of
HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and sub
scribed in my presence this 9th day
of December A. D. 1886.
(Seal.) A. w. Gleason,
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally and acts directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Send for testimonials free.
Address: F. j. CheneyF& Co, To-
ledo, Ohio.
Sold by all druggists, rs cents.
Take Halls family Pills for con-
stipation.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-03-23
MAN GETS
II PLACER CLAIMS
IN SHOWS GUiCA

The largest actual deal in placer
property was consumated this week
when L. A. Pc tibone Of Mineral
Hill. Eureka county, an associates
purchased outright the fully tested
claim, the Washington of L. E.
Hendricks, Robert Scofeld and
Charles Snow. The same parties
took q lease on the group of 16
claims adjoining the Washington
from j. II. burst, j. A. Veatrh and
Charles Sow. This property is
situated in the region known as
Shows gulch extending toward
Golden Era canyon.
Active work was at once started.
The leased ground will be thorough
ly ~prospected. Mr.. Pettibone is a
mining man experienced in ~placers,
and is not looking for very rich
deposits but rather prefers quantity
with modest values. He proposes
to install placer washing machines
which have proven very effective
in British Columbia. These have a
capacity of thirty tons daily and
consume very little water. They
operate quite proftably on gravel
80 cents per cubic yard. The grav-
el of the Washington claim runs
from Sd to SIS per yard. For these
machines millions of yards will be
found that will average 81 and up-
ward in the Battle Mountain range.
Battle Mountain Scout.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-03-23
SPRING IS HERE

With all due respects to the last
charge Of old blustery winter, in
the shape Of a whirlwind snow
storm this morning, spring is in our
midst. One could not fail to notice
this fact yesterday if they strolled
doMn to thg'haIl park, where one
of the most holly contested ball
CAMS seen here for some time was
pulled off.
A number Of Efko's 1914 team
together with & few recruits came
out second best in a game with
Dooley's Indians. The city tam
not wishing to injure their salary
arms did nat exert themselves un
til the last inning when they ceme
within une tnlly of tying the score.
They PLAYED a superior game to
the Indian boys but on account of
holding themselves hack lost out
by the score of ID to 15. From
present indications Elko will have
SOME BALL TEAM this easel
Dooley's coaching aud Tom Carriers
umpiring, were the features.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-03-23
P~referred Vaccination by Proxy.

But doc" protested a West side
boy who was about to be v~accinated,
don't you think o could let me
go? Ma says I've inherited everything
from dad, and I've heard him say he
was vaccinated once."-Kansas City
Star.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-03-23
Graded All Rroht,

Harold had discovered a new play
mate i'll n boy who had recently moved
into the neighborhood. "What sort of
a boy is This Johnnie you talk so
much about?" asked the careful moth
er. "Oh, he's not an angel-that isn't
his specialty-but he's all right" re-
piled Harold.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-03-23
Coat

After all, the most complaisant Of
individuals is the: taxpayer. He will
roar like q lion at an increase of a
fraction of a cent in the tax rate, yet
fawn like a kicked cur before. a legis-
lature that shovels his good money
into the sea. So the legislature should
worry.-Baltimore American.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-03-23

THAT OLD . pr seller is a good
sort. There is al old widow who
can't afford to iH the paper, SO
every morning rs 10 passes her room
he stops and reads her the serial
story."-Fliegende Blaetter.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-03-23
cameIs ln ouaenaIand.

Over 1000 camels are used in
Queensland as a can of transport
across the arid districts, and the num-
Der is rapidly increasing.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-03-23

broadcast over the state an it will
be pretty hard for him to retain his
liberty long although he had not
been spprehended up to the time
We go to press today.-Yefington
Times.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-03-23
cementinu Glass and Metal.

For ~cementing glass or glass and
metal, as for motor car lamps. a ce-
ment not affected by oils is made
FROM Lead three parts, tin two, bis
auth 2.5. This melts at 212 Fahren.
heit.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-03-23
Daily Thounbt-

If we find but n to whom we can
speak out u hearts freely. with whom
we can walk in love and simplicity
without discrimination, we have no
ground for Quarrels with the world or
God.-Stevenson.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-03-23
Mioht Have Made II stronoer.

Mother-"What did yor mean, Dor
othy. when you said your teacher was
~'queer'?" Little D~orothy--"T was des'
too plite to Express my real 'pinion oi
her."
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-03-23
True Snort.

Our idea of a true sport is one who'll
give the proceeds OF a jackpot to
make SOM" widows baby harDy.-
Detroit Free Pres.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-03-23
How II increased Her.

THE nights are very long now he
said, after they had been silent for
a long time. Yes, sir" she replied;
1T seems almost a week since you
came in"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-03-23
Almost Any Kind.

PA, what is a comfortable In
come" "one that sits easy on the
conscience, I suppose."-Detroit Free
Press.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-03-23
The Lack.

He-"I saw a fellow looking over
the diamond ring case at our store
this morning" She-'Ch, how ! wish
I were the woman in the case!-St.
Louis Times.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-03-23
SALMAGUNDI

0CiiCAdl Niito Wdo AdPluiy Sluo-
ing in on rorreon at last reports.
1t is the general opinion that the
result at Torrenn will go a long
ways toward bringing Mexico's
atEouble to a close.
" Charles Noidler who stole a horse
in the northern part IF the county
Thursday night was brought to
town Saturday by the Tuscarora
stage and now occupies a cell in the
county Jail. He is only % years
of age.
Reno has &c cases Of typhoid few
.er. Fl CT them had as the source,
one of two Reno dairies. Precau-
tioLs have been taken and it is the
opinion of the board of health that
no further danger will arise.
The bull moose pow wow held in
Reno Saturday decided to put a
full state ticket in the field this
fall with the exception of United
States senator. They are said to
be after Senator Newland's scalp,
which, of course, they will not get.
The district court convenes at 10
tomorrow morning and witnesses
and jurors are gathering for the
session. AS the writer has been sum-
moned as a juror, Mr.. Fred Davis
will have charge of the office while
the editor dances to the music of
the district court.
Jack Kcehan of Upper Town Nc
Gill, committed suicide this morn.
ing by cutting his throat with a
butcher knife in the kitchen Of his
home after locking the door to keep
his wife out. When neighbors who
were summoned by Mrs. Keenan,
broke open the door they found
him lying dead on the floor. De-
spondency is assigned as the cause.
-Expositor
This has been a typical March
day. 1t started off with a snow
squall after which the sun came
out bright and warn fra time.
Then clouds came and the air was
chilly and raw. At this writing,
t8ASmd is blowing and all the in
dications point to a big Mach
storm.
The bunch of stragglers from
Kelly's army that were herded at
the hot water pool and a few more
who joined the gang here were
loaded into Western Pacific freight
cars about 10 o'clock Saturday
night and shipped east. 1t ir est
mated that there were about 90
shipped from here.
Jack Creighton and John T. Read,
a mining engineer, returned from
Jarbigde this forenoon. They re-
port that that camp never looked
better than it does now. Mr..
Creighton brought several fine
specimens of ore from the camp
which are on exhibition at the
Palm.
Con A. Ahetn, enc of the promi-
nent republic lEs Of the state and
one of its oldest pioneers, died at
his home in Virginia City Saturday
morning, after an illness Of several
months, He wus twice the repub-
lican candidate for surveyor gener-
al but vas defeated each time. He
had been a resident of he Comstock
since 1868. Con, as everybody call
ed him, was a Zig hearted, charit-
able man and his death leaves q
vacancy or the old lode that will be
hard to fill. Peaee to his ashes.
S~1sSe cannot but ADMIRE the cunny
tbFR7S with which the San Fran.
cisco Panama exposition obtains all
the desired publicity Of an around
the world aeroplaue race to start
from the exposition grounds next
year, but arranges that other cities
shall pay the expense. Salt Lake.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-03-23
For Blood s.a,,s

For taking out blood stains nothing
is better than a few drops of am
monia.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-03-23
Daily Thouaht.

n Ia icdeed q desirable thing to be
We'll ~d.s1nndcd, but the glory belongs
to Cur :.nCestors.-plutarch.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-03-23
Ravo Little Staying Power.

Lions and tigers are too weak In
lung power to u more than half a
mile.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-03-23

Pores In Mans Hand.
There are $4,000 pores in the hand
Of a man.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-16
MASSACHUSETTS
CONGRESSMAN
JAbS BRYAN
Gillette Says Secretary Likes
to Hear Himself Talk
INTERVENTION IN MEXICO
Present Policy viii Force United
States to Settle the
Trouble

Washington, Jan. 15.-Interyention
in Mexico as the only result Of the
present policy Of the United States
was predicted In the House today by
Representative Gillett, republican OF
Massachusetts, during the course OF
war speech in which he assailed Sec
rotary Bryan.
Recognition of Huerta early in the
Mexican trouble, Mr.. Gillett said.
would have offered the best chance
OF quleting the disturbance.
when the war comes" said he, ''it
will be no excuse that the secretary
of state has delivered brilliant speech
es in favor OF peace An emotional
and oratorical gloriflcatlon Of peace
is not sufficient for policy whose
legitimate and logical result Is war.
Il think when our secretary of
state accepted that distinguished po-
sition we had a right TO expect from
him painstaking and assiduous devo-
ton. His ante-room ought to have
been thronged with those ready to
throw light on his new problems ratt-
er than with office seekers and politI-
clans.
The country needed more that he
should read international law lectures
than deliver Cautauqua lectures. He
has apparently deemed the state de-
partment rather a slnecure and a res
ervolr of patronage than field of
duty hich required earnest and in
tense and persistent application"
Mr.. Gillett also announced the
change of American policy in China
and early recognition of the Chinese
republic
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-16
FoRTNiGATLY PROGRAM
Meeting Tomorrow Afternoon is at
$50 O'Clock

F0rtnightly members have been no.
tined by postal OF the change in the
opening hour for tomorrow's meeting
frcm o'clock to $50. as..0-s 1C op
ed that the Harmony Concert com
pany will not be able TO begin the
program until 4 o'clock. Train connec
lions are so uncertain a this time of
the year that il sometimes becomes
impossible for entertainment mana
gers to fill engagements. even after
careful planning, but Mr. Dunbar OF
the Redpath Blu eau feels sure that
his artists will be on and. now that
the hour is changed to O'Clock.
The Harmony Concert company
presents scme unusual combinations
in instrumental playing and all are
artists of wide reputation. Mr. Me.
Nomry. who plays the saXaphone KY
lophone and mandolin. is we'll
known instructor in Pittsburg and is
also popular as soloist and director.
Mr.. Ilrabak, who PLAYS the flute
and violin appeared for four seasons
with the Pittsburg symphony Orohes-
ira.
Mr.. Jardons well-known as har-
pis and has had large orchestra ex-
perience.
Mrs. McNemry is q conservatory
graduate, with honors, and is called
one of the best pianlsts of the Lyce-
UNI bureaus.
With the promise OF an unus Ialy
pleasing program from artists of this
reputation, the Fortnightly members
are taking the change in their fixed
ruls with great good nature. and it is
hoped that many members and guests
will enjoy the Annual Musical.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-16
A Snoiled seenn.

f. II. Sothern once found his wit fail
him In time OF need. IL was In the
fourth act OF The Lady Of Lyons"
Sothern played Claude Melnotte. and
Virginia Harmed was cast as Pauline.
Beausant, the villain. was pursuing
Pauline. and she cried loudly FOR help
Claude Is supposed 10 dash 10 her res
cue and catch the fainilng Pauline In
his arms. Sothern dashed on 20 the
stage. but slipped and slid. sitting
down near the f0otllchts- Losing his
presence Of mind. he declaimed the
line: Look up. Pauline There j. no
danger" AS Virginia Harmed was
standing. this was. % course. an i'm
possibility. BY this time the audience
was a. an uproar. sud when Arthur
Lawrence. who played Bcausant
scorufuIly said. Won are beneath me-
the amusement % the audience knew
no bounds.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-16
ROAR OF THE THUNDER.
ito Length and Strength Depend Upon
the lightning Flash.

Lightning is the glare OF a prodlgious
electric spark that is turned loose
from some place no longer strong
enough to hold 1t and forms ire
mendous blazing arc as 1t leaps from
cloud TO cloud or from cloud to earth.
The little spark OF laboratory ma
chine makes cracking noise. and the
gigantic one in the sky makes Il cor
respondingly great one as Il tears
through the air and sets up vibrations
of tremendous intensity.
But it Is noticeable in thunder
storm that the dhunderclaps are OF
very different loudness and quality or
sound. The length and strength of a
thunder peal. as n meteorologist points
out In Knowledge. depend mainly on
the size of the accompanying lightning
discharge. but the loudness and sharp
ness OF the crack that comes before
the peal depend chiefly on the direc-
ton taken by the electric current rela.
tive TO the nearer.
The first crack or rendins noise
comes from the fash itself: the peal
that follows consists OF echoes from
the clouds or mountain sides when
hills are near. Furthermore. the noise
of the actual fash comes TO US from
all along the llghtning's path. We
hear first that at the beginning of the
flash and later the noise made toward
the end of ats path. When this Is short
.,,a 80. N ~ ec, effuat.,ff with refarpnce
20 il that the whole report reaches our
cars almost spontaneously. say In a
quarter of a second, il sounds ike one
terrific thump or crash. But " the
electric arc is long and the noise takes
two or three seconds TO reach us com
pletely il translates itself into long
tearing roar. Thus you may judge oil
the character OF a lightning flash from
its own report of proceedings.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-16
GREAT DAM BROKE
FLOODING TOWNS
IN ". VIRGINIA
Loss OF Life Is Reported as
High as Twenty
PEOPLE SEEK THE HILLS
Huah Wall of Water Rushes Through
stoney River Valley to
Potomac

Cumberland, Md, Jan. 16.-iiun'
dreds OF flood refugees, huddled III
rude shacks and about blazing camp
fires. last night watched and waited
in the West Virginia hills near Cum
berland. Md, while the northern
branch of the Potomac river, n swoi-
len. icy food swept through ther
homes in the towns that dot the val
lev below. 4 wall OF water. starting
from the broken dam of the West
Virginia pulp and paper company on
Stoaey Creek, moved down to the fo-
tomac. inundated the town OF Schell'
W Va. here the two streams meet,
and started food wave laden with
yreckage and ice down the Potomac
valley
Telegraph and telephone commune
cation was cut off during the day bus
was reestablished last night. Uncon'
6rmed rumors OF several men caught
In the flood waters at Shaw, W. Va,
% miles from Schell were the only
reports OF casualties attending me
flood.
Thes big dam which impounded a
lake five miles long and which was
65 feet high, had been weakening Tor
several days. Wednesday night it be
gan to crumble, and armer from
the mountain village of Mount storm
rode down the valley warning the rev
inhabitants OF The impending break
Early yesterday morning part OF the
big structure gave way, and al noon
Yesterday the sweeping waters car
ried away the greater part oil the
face of the dam in mass OF wreck
age. A wall-like wave swept down
into Schell.
Below Schell the rushing water
Joined the Potomac river and rolled
on, increasing the hight of the river
by from three to eight feet in its 10
mile course between Schell and Cum
| berland.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-16
NEEDS BIGGER BUILDING
Present Home Of National Life is
Too Small

Montpelier, Jan. 14.-At the an
nual meeting OF the Montpelier
board of trade held last evening at
the city hall, the Hon. Joseph A. De-
Boer, president of the National Life
Insurance company. made the state
ment that the company must soon
build new building. The present
structure. he said, was crammed
with offices from cellar to attics and
was inadequate n size for the grow
ing business OF the company. While
Mr.. DeBoer did not say 50 1t is eX-
pected that this matter will be refer
red to at the annual meeting OF the
company which comes this month
II. ID. Larrabee, manager of the Ten
ney Service, was made president OF
the board to succeed George L.
Blanchard. and the Rev. Homer A,
Flint, rector OF Christ Episcopal
churc, was made secretary Mr.
Flint is son-in-la of Congressman
Plumey.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-16
INDICTMENTS FOR
M0YER AND 81
LABOR MEN
Accused Of Conspiracy In Mich
isan Copper District
Most Of Those Arrested Are Charged
With Misdemeanor and Re
leased on $1,000 Bonds

Houghton, Mich. Jan. i5.-Charles
II. Meyer, president OF the western
Federation OF Miners. and 81 otner
officials and members OF the organiza
ton we're indicted today on charges
of conspiracy in connection with the
copper. miners strike
The true bill was so worded that
the allegations against the men con
stitute Il misdemeanoN Several 9th
er true. bills were returned, but be-
cause they charged felonies, Judge
p. Il. O'Brien ordered the documents
sealed until the men named in them
have been arrested.
Warrants were prepared for the 5s
union men accused OF conspiracy and
deput seeifis scurried over the county
late today serving them. More than
dozen individuals bad been arrested
tonight and Circuit, court commission
er in Hodehtun and Calumet we're
kept busy approving bonds OF $1,000
under which nany of the prisoners
were released
So far az could be learned none OF
the sealed indictments related 10 the
deportation OF Moye and Charles
Tanner on the night Of December &c
The grand jury continued its work
after making is. repQrt to- the court
but the score or more witnesses IN
the ante-room said they were sum
moned TO testify concerning disorders
that arose prior TO December r.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-16
THE HANGMAN'S ROBE.
Dennis Didn't Like It. So He Sold Il to
"Old Cain"


"Old Cain"
James Berry was not so we'll paid
for his services as his French con-
frere. NJ. Antoine Deibler. who draws
$500 year, while his four assistants
have similar amount TO divide be-
tween them. Samson. the first eSecu.
toner To WELD the gulllotlne. was
originally paid fl.590 year, but when
executioners were appointed in each
department this was reduced to $500.
Before the revolution the legal tariff
In France was - Shlllings for be-
heading. los Sd FOR burning at the
stake. and the same amount for hang
ing. with allowances for the erection
OF a scafiold or the provision of fuel.
One of James Berry's predecessors.
for a brief period. donned a uniform
when at work. In l7S5, according 20
a contemporary chronicler. the shcrifiS
Of London were so pleased with the
excellent mode in which Edward Den
mis-. their hangman performed his
duties that they presented him with n
very elegant official robe-a khilaut, IN
fact. as eastern potentates term simi
lar garb of honor Dennis found this
inconvenient when at work on the
scaffold and sold ii TO a well known
character of those days. Old Cain.
who. having set nj rs a fortune teller
wanted q robe 10 complete the cos
tune in which he received dupcs."-
London Chronicle.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-16
TIED LOAD TO HORSES TAILS
And Probate Court Said Cleveland
Was insane

Montpelier, Jan. 1.-THE matter
of the appeal of S. a. Cleveland of
Coventry from the decision of
count court in refusing him an APP
peal from the probate court which
decided he was insane and ordered
his commitment to the State hospl-
tai at Waterbury was taken up in
Supreme Court this morning. Argu-
ments were made by John W. Red
mond and Harry A. Black of New
port for Cleveland, a. II. G.out for
the State and George Young of New.
port for Coventry.
There Is an interesting question in
the case. Cleveland wSs adjudged
insane and ordered committed at the
expense OF the State under the pau.
per act. He took an appeal to coun-
" court but did not file bond as re-
quired and Judge Waterman dismiss
sed his appeal. Now his attorneys
come to Supreme Court with the
claim that his constitutional rights
have been violated by the act of
1908. Having been adjudged pau
per he is without means to pay for
an appeal aud without relatives H.
able for his support.
Reports from Orleans county are
to the effect that Cleveland is far
from being pauper Dut instead Is
said to be worth from $4,000 io
$4,000. lie is characterized az an
eccentric. One of the acts said to
have been committed by him brought
out at the hearing was that he tied
sapplings to the horse tails and
"snaked" them out OF the woods. his
explanation being that this was FREE
quently done on western ranches on
which he had resided and entailed no
hardship on the horses.