Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-03-23
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SADMASUNDl


Ex-Assemblymau weiIand circu.
lated around town this afternoon.
Mrs. and Miss Armstrong OF Decth
are visiting Mrs. }. y. Cownover.
MI. Cownovcr left yesterday for IL
trip through Ruby valley end the
southern country.
Ed. TODD, one OF Tuscarora's solid
citizens, came down yesterday and
still cniaiu in town.
John Prentice caIne down from Tus-
carora yesterday and left for Cali
fornia last last night. He will leave
for Cape Nome in a few weeks.
The EureIa Sentinel learns that
John md Reese Wheeler are prepar.
ing to leave their California home for
Cape Nome, and will go in with the
first rush in the spring.
A. J. Swick, n we'll known and at
one tine prominent mining man i'll
Nevada. died at Eureka Friday night.
Mr.. Swick was II pioneer Of the Base
range.
y % per cent III in the wages OF
sleeping car conductors by the Pull
man company il probably another
-wave OF prosperity."-Kansas City
Times.
Tho party OF trusts denouncing
trusts i'll 1900 will suggest too strong.
ly OF the devil rcbuking sill to deceive
the people to the extent that it did in
DISCRIMINATION (Kan) Mercury.
The Silver State has discontinued
its Associated Press dispatches. The
field WIS not large enough to warrant
its continuance. This leaves the
Reno Gazette rs the only paper III
the State taking the press dispatches.
We have received a copy Of the
Sporting Annual for 1900 from Rich.
ard X. Fox OF the Police Gazette. Ii
contains II record Of all athletic con-
tests III this country Tor u number OF
years past, together with the records
made 10y the different contestants. 1t
IL very handy for reference.
The Bocr flag IL whitc,cut into four
equal parts 10y black; the union is red
with five white stars; the flag OF the
Orange Free State il seven honzont.
al stripes, four are white and three
ornnge. The union has three hori.
zOntal stripes Of red. white aud blue.
The Sac mud Fox Indians. who
have had "a terrible scourge Of small
poX, during winch ~ membcra Of the
little tribe died. together with 2lS
dogs. claim that the disease WIS
brought into the tribe lay "a kiss.
Some time ago a well known Creek
Indian squnw died 81 smallpox. Sew
cral Sac and Fox sqnaws attended
the funeral aud kissed the corpse. |
thus contracting the disease.
In the c1sc 81 Joe Pete. the Indian
murderer Of Will Dangbcrg,at GENOA
Saturday, the motion Of counsel for
defendant for n new trial on the
ground Of misconduct on the part OF
the jury, was not based on sufficient
ailldavits and the motion was over
ruled. The defendant WIS then sen.
fenced to he hanged OIL the iih dry |
OF May.
SnnlI III tiyy A tl a,.. 40 l.,.r- |
idgc Of Indiana, who Say thnt the
Philippines were dropped into our
lap 10y the Almighty, ought Ia tell us
wlat we paid s%20.OO0,O0O for. It's
ahont time to inquire whether Mr..
Mckinley IN Il very good business
man To give up such u sum OF money |
for something that was tossed into
laps by Providcncc.-Saginaw
tMich.) News.
Gen. Low Wallace has invented a |
new title for Mark Hanna and il is
graphic enough to stick. The author
OF "l'cn llur' in II Republican md an
cxpansionisi, but TINT docs not pro.
vent him from saying: "When the
President recommended free trade
with Puerto Rico, that was William
Mckinley speaking from his heart.
When he. urged Congressman to eat
their uttcrnnccs md vote for n duty
on tho indust rics Of tho island. going
and coming, TINT WIS Mark Hanna.
the great Ohio suspect" "Iho great
Ohio auspect" in good.
George Rusqcll,J r, u snn Of George
Russell, the we'll known Cnttlo king
OF Elko, Nevada. waH n visitor today,
George. Jr., has just graduated from
school. and came down to Denver for
a wock's vacation. j. J.. AdamR,pros.
ricnt Of the j. +. Adams & brigham
Live Stock Co. IL play ing host to the
young man aud will 500 Tint hc has n
good .iinc. Mr.. Adams returned Il
tow days ngu from Nevada md cay q
cattle are IN excellent condition in
that State. and weather iino. George
Russell. luc Gays has ono of tho finest
herds of cattle III Nevada, and wac
the originator Of the Sparks herd. ,
Prices nru higher thcto. int tho quail.
ity In choice, and the cattle arc worth
the money. Tho high prices OF NUT.
ton and wool have induced u grcnt
.I.-. A.. ..4 .,.N.. Nl.n Hoo.