Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-06-16
IFaoM SATURDAYS DAILy.I
SAI.HiAG USDI.

Nothing llas been heard from jim
Brown Il dry.
There was nothing exciting in the
Governor ship contest yesterday.
Sheriff Campbell will take Charles
Cmntry and Charles Guslee to the
penitentiury tomorrow.
JefTries knocked Fiizsimmons out
in tile eleventh round lnS / NIGHT. Fitz
is now Il buck number and JetTries Is
the champion sluGSer.
Albert q. Haines. indicted for bur.
glary with Stewart Pa Son for steal.
ing Mr.. Pueti's sad lie, md who
plead guilty to receiving stolen prop.
erty has been sentenced to .iIty days
III the county Jail.
Tie mammoth cavs Of Kentucky,
which has held the record heretofore
as the worlds largest cave must here.
after it Is b~elirvr give precedence
to a cav III New Zealand. discovered
April &c, hy Horace Johusioue neur
Port Waillato. md but a law miles
from wellington. 1t was explored
for miier, but 10 end wis found.
Public sentiment Is becoming
aroused n y never berDre ngaiust those
combinations OF capital called truste.
whose purposes are TO crush out OF.
position. restrain trade, raise prices,
and to windlc the investing public
through sale Of inflated stocks and
bonds.-Ex.
EdwLBd Husband, n nephew of Mr..
VIM. Husband, Who IL lying very low
ut the county hospital, arrived yester.
day from Chicago and is ut the bed
side Of his uncle who is not expected
To live. The same ynung man visited
his uncle in Limoiile Valley twelve
years ago. lie was notified Of the i'll
hess Ui his uncle through the Lr.bris.
XII family III LamOille.
hen some corporation that hus
several hundred slaves working for
II at wages too low Ia deccntIy starvs
a man say from three tn seven dollars
"A week, then raise these wages from
five to ten per cent the gold bug press
begins to shout prosperity. Oh, yes
here Ia nm abundance oi prosperity
III a raise Of - cents "a week.
Congressman Bland was uncon-
scious yesterday. lie recognized no
one and could not speak. While his
physicians decline to state what his
allmcnt is, relatives hLd intimate
friends, who are admitted to his bed
side. say IT il either paralysis or con.
sc ton OF the brain. There il no
hope for even Il return To conscious.
ness.
Billy O'N~lll. the popular clerk at
the f.. /. NJ received the following
order through the mail the other day:
Send me a fack Of flour. live pounds
Of coffee and u pound Of tea. Ny
WIFE gave birth tO II big boy last night
also tive pounds OF corn starch, a
screw driver and II fly trap. Ii weigh.
ell ten pounds, and u sire hGt."Billy
being n nowly married II nearly
tainted when lie read the order.
Thursday ~evcEing Andrew Frazer
fell from the top Of Il moving dray-
load of furniture, b:crklug his neck.
The family wore moving into their
new house in Thompson's addition
south OF the river and were just in
front Of the house " hen the accident
occurred. Deceased WINS aged II
years. six months and WIS q native OF
Nova Scotia. lie leaves II wife, one
son and three daughters, all grown,to
mourn his loss. Reno journal.
Sheriff Campbell returned from
COrinne Inst night. Ito VIVA unable
to get my trace Of jim Brown. TIe
went over the railroad on Il hand car
and examined both sides ~ the truck,
but was unable Ia lind the place
where Brown struck tho ground
when ne junpe l.. Tho sheriff is OF
the opinion TINT Brown swun! onto
the sicps Of tho car md rode tho
tram until he got where he wnnted to
yet of. U:nh officers are ~. tho
lookout and il Brown is in TINT coun.
try he will To caught.
The Elko basc hall team will 90
down t9 Brittle Mountain toni .ht to
play The Battle Mountain team II
match 4 mo tomorrow Tho follow.
ing compose tho Elko team: Lewis
Henry. cnptain and catcher; Lander
Taber, pitcher; Howard Riddle, LIST
basc; Milton Wallace, ID basc: Harry
Dunn. 3 btsc; Sau Howard. short
stop: Dennis FInhcrIy. left field; G.
T.. LnrinR. center licid; JOo Taber.
right licl I; Frank Mead, mascot and
hat protector. The boyB will plny II
stiH game md expect TO bring home
gdIc ESQ purse.
a wag wns requested 10y M old
Indy /" read the newspaper Ia her.
lilo read us follows: List night yea.
terday morning about ! o'clock ~ the
nftcrnoOn before hrcakf pt II hungry
by alb nj 40 year old bought II big
CT tmrd for Jenny md threw II
through u brirk wall nbOnt niue feet