Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-04-21
r o THURSDAYS DAILY.
sALMA0UNDI.

Charles L.. Broy postmaster OF Eur
eka.
The nights and mornings are quit.
cold. making q fire necessary, but tn.
days are lovely.
The Florida legislature electe
Taliferro United Statee Senator or
the first ballot yesterday.
Miss Nellie Ainley will leave tor
Sycamore. Illinois. next Mopda,
night to spend the summer with hel
aunt.
Tho Wheelmen's baseball club al
Reno challenges any ball team in the
State. Hsro's a fine opening for the
Elko club.
Ex.CongrPssman Hilborn Of Cali.
forniR died i'll Washington yesterday
OF blooh poisoning, resulting from
kidney trouble.
Cellar logs have been exhumed in
New Jenisy WHICH biologists claim
are e 400 Years old. They are IN
perfect condition.
The Supreme Court haa FIJI # tanned
the Act pissed by the last legislature
disincorporatlnR the City OF Reno
The commissioners Of Washoe county
will now govern the Riverside tow II.
Speaker Reed is to retire from Con.
gress and become a member OF In.
New York law firm OF Simpson.
Thatcher i Barnum. II is said tllai
he has been guaranteed II yearly in
come OF 100000.
IL it is true that three hundred new
saloons have started in Manila lately,
1t looks like m effort t. put down the
American spirit there, says the Phil
adelphia Times.
Senator Teller says TINT he thor
oughly believes the continued admin
istration OF tile government by the
Republican party, rs now controlled.
threatens the very existence OF free
government.
One-half OF the people OF this world
are always trying to get the work to
do that the other half is trying to get
ont of doing, and both arc discon-
tented because they can't succeed.
Tho PHILIPPINES claim that they am
busheh and captured 141 of General
Lawton's men at a place called BIZ
nangonam. This is said to be a sep
crate affair from the disappearance of
the boats GREY OF the Yorktown in
the vicinity OF Baler.
The infant daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs
j. w. Puatt Of Carlin died yesterday
after u few hours illness. The pnr-
ents have the sympathy Of "a lage cir.
Gle of friends in their sad bereavr.
ment. May their loss prove their
loved ones eternal gain.
The INDEPENDENT received another
shipment OF new I'D type yester day
afternoon The Office il o supplied
with all the latest and newest faces OF
job type and Ii prepared to do all
~ork i'll Ri a~riisti': manner. IL you
want yonr work done neatly and
promptly, bring it to the ISDEpEN
DENT Office.
The Pennsy lvania legislature took
its 10Th and last ballot TOR United
States Senator yesterday. The result
wns that Pennsylvania joins CalitoI-
nil, Delaware and Utah in having
but n Senator at the beginiIk OF
the NJ xt Congress. The Gold men
lose three seats through deadlocks
and the silver forces one.
Two large sales of wool we're con.
cluded yesterday The first was that
Of w. +. Jenkins & Co. who sold $50.
600 pounds to a Boston firm. The
second sale was made by George
Ernst which also vent to Boston
parties, The Ernst wool amounted to
$4,000 pounds. The price paid for
the wool IL both cases WIS 10 cents II
pound.-Silver State
The Reno journal learns that GOV
eral Of the Nevada soldier | o,s in the
Philippines nre on ti.ir backs with
fever, and among them are Captain
Linnscoit and Lieutenant Wright.
Lieutenant Gignoux has full charge
OF the troop. The boys are guarding
and working $40 Filipino prisoners
OF war mt Cavitn. The journal
eays that many OF the boys have arm.
ed themselves with tho heavy, cur we'd
sworl OF the natives wi II which n
can cut down II tree ord Filipino
with equ Al facility.
At 10 o'clock this forenoon Justice
Morgan rendered his decision, dis.
charging the defendant, in the case OF
the State vs. j. +. Tripleti, charged
with 'ing undue force and violence
in arresting a. W. Fuller on tile 10Th.
The decision meets with almost the
unanimous approval OF orr ~citizens.
Parties against whom the officers
have warrants should learn from this
to submit ~pcaceably to arrest hers.
after. IL they resist they should be
prepared to tuko the consequences OF
their folly.
Tho Union Passenger Station si
Chicago has long enjoyed n world.
beniinR record Tor frnrdnm from me-.