Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-01-12
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY
5ALaiAGUSDI.

amounted To SIO.JOJ.
McGovcrn madeDixon throw UP the
sponge in the eighth round last night
\ rumor was III circulation i'll Am
stcrdam yesterday that aBritish cruis'
er had fired upon the Dutch cruiser
Friesiand near DclaGoa Bay and that
"a Dutch officer was killed.
The beautiful residence Of Joseph
Pulitzer, editor OF the New York
World, was destroyed by lire yestcr
day. The total lass is estimated at
S3v0,COo. Two women persisted III
the flames.
The time will soon be here when
politicians Of all grades and character
will 20 about the State with their
lightning rods UP. Some of them will
be hit, but many others will be mis-
sed by the political lightning.
The State board of pardors Mon.
day purdoncd Il man by the nume OF
-''tS. u "tAs StIINtuACh nun ~ u.s.
hoe for one year for assault with a
deadly weapon. lie had only about
Il month longer to serve.
y Piute Indian mi known us
Susie, who lived near Lone Pine in
Esmcralda county, wa stabbed t"
death Christmas night by an Indian.
Both parties were under the influence
Of liquor at the time the crime WIS
committed.
The Reno Water, Land and Light
Company has begun Il suit IN The
WashOe District court to restrain the
Sunset Telephone and Telegraph
Company from stringing its wires in
Reno. y temporary restraining or
der was issued by tie court.
1t is estimated that Mt present there
are 200 eases of smallpox in Butte
that are known to tho authorities and
further than that there are about leo
others that are not known to the au-
th"r!ties and cared for at their homes
The town is IN at state bordering on
a panic and the health officers are
having "A hard time to stem the ii lt.-
Tx.
According To mn apparently anthem
til article in a French paper not les
than 10000 aris.orsats are at present
confined III the prisons Of Europe.
Russia stands first, with 1900 blue
hIurdci lawbrcakcrs. while Italy dc
s"rycs 10 he accorded second position
her places for detention harboring
thousands Of noblcmcu.
The railroad company is about to
begin ]5tTiugIng another telegraph
wire from Ogden to WudsHOrUh. the
material for the mex wire being al.
really distributed nloug the road. The
wire will bc Tor railroad work cXclu.
siveiy and is a necessity on account
Of the Increased business over the
road.
The taste II natives have Tor liuu.
or IL unrXp,uinab!c. but one dusky
maiden has vowed ycngcnce on orr
worthy postmaster. After she had
dcvourcd II flask Of goosc>grcasc. set
! out Il ic To cool, he cOusuIrd her hy
laughing, and us she doubled up like.
il birthday doughnut, he refused 10
get her even n small tumblcr Of
hlackbcrr! DrLnmar Messenger.
The Kentucky House ballutcI for
United Statcs Senator yentcrday with
the following result: Blackburn. UD)
~. l5rnulcy ti) II. One Democrat
WIS absent. In the Sonata the vote
stood: Blackburn -. Hradlcy IL
Senators Crrnshaw and Mcconnell.
Populi-is. voted for blackburn and
Hayes aud Alexander, the two anti.
blackburn men were not present.
Governor SndIcr is quoted as say
my that after Il conference with the
members Of Ihc Supreme Court. and
by advice Of tho Attorney General he
has decided not to interfere in the
case nf lCdlan Frank. tho recently
convicted murderer. No appeal WE
taken and the hanging will therefore
occur i'll Austin on january 20. the
day set by the Il district court.
In response to the item in last
nights paper in regard 10 the law
governing the location OF reservoir
sites. Senator Ernst has called the
attention Of the INDEPENDENT to an
Act of Congress, approved August Is,
1891, and unAct Of the Nrv.lcgiBiaturc
approved March S.lSy7. Both at these
Nets are found in thCNcyuda gtaiutcs
OF 1897, beginning IN pngc Ct. Both
Acts are now III force.
Sai.,!ly Il party Of thirty mon set
vui from Gardncrv;llc on the trail Of
Joe Pete the Indian who murdered
Young Danberg. Tho posse WIS or.
ganiHed several days before they
started and the Indian evidently got
wind Of the movement IA no ws not
captured Mt last reports. lIc WIS
seen about Murklccvillc several times
recently aud the Indiana have boon
assisting him.-Appcal.
Tho Silver State goes into Mysteries
l l.--.D.- 1870