Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-05-18
IRON SATURDAYS DAILY.l
ALNIAGUND

''ho . io'i hhi hlSS LOU LINE
filled his place US typo.
The storm continued through last
night and this morning tile surround.
ing hills were covered with snow.
1t il still cloudy Hud the indications
are good for more storm.
Jetfries knocked Corbett ont in the
23d round last night. This puts Cor
bett i'll the list Of has beens and
makes JeiIries the champion bruiser
Of the country.
On reading that the American
troops had surrounded fifty Filipnos
II driven them into II river where
all were shot Or drowned, ex-Spcaker
Reed IL said To have remarked:
They have destroyed what we paid
Spain Sl00 for"
Mrs. Emma Jane Jones is suing her
husband, Thomas Ellsworth Jones,
for divorce. The couple are both
leaf mutcs and have lived together
for ten years i'll Philadelphia. Mn.
Jones alleges that her husband
u nj her and calls her vile names
on his fingers.
The Sioux Falls Populist conven.
ton nominated lion. Charles \.
Towne. "A Silver Republican Of Min
pnG4ty. TAr W.. Dza.I- Al
Towne IL Ii brilliant orator, but his
name will be Dennis, if the KanRaa
City convention docs not endorse
him.
The oldest lock III existence is ous
which formerly secured one Of the
doors OF N;ncveh. II is u GIGANTIC
ailnir, aud the key to it, which is us
large as man can conveniently carry.
Is 8 feet, q inches III lcngth. and cor.
respondIngly thick.
One obstacle in the way Of obtain.
ing reliable statistics Of the gold
yield Of mines ii due to the variation
III the value az an II Of that
metal III different localities. This
could he overcome by mInc owners
II companies giving the yield OF
their properties IN fine ounccs.
Ia the Alaska bill that pissed tile
Senate, all of the amendments intro.
duccd in the interests o. coropora-
tons to give them exclusive rights
over poor miners. were eliminated
from the bill and the grants made to
New York and corporations i'll other
Eastern cities, giving them exclusive
rights for acquiring title to beach nnd
tide water locations. were cancelled.
VIM. Johnson Of Genoa has rccciy.
ell tho reward money offered by the
citizens OF Garjnervillc for tile cap
turc ~ Joe Pete. This il the end 81
tho first edition Of Joo Pete rewards.
The rewards now standing for the re-.
capture Of Joe Pete may ere long he
called for 1t il said that Pete il
frequently seer in Alpine county
Gardnervillc Record.
Rev. Mr.. Plummcr will spend next
Sunday IN Eureka at the request OF
the Bishop. Consequently there will
be no service III the Episcopal church
Tho Sunday school. however. will
meet ns usual, at 10 O'clock a. IA. Mr..
Plummcr will return in IL few days.
and will begin at uncc the instruction
OF IA class for confirmation. IIchopcs
To have n visit from the Bishop SOME
time in the month OF June.
jesse StlntOn started for Tuscarura
yesterday afternoon with a big load
81 freight. lIc carnpel last night mt
the barrels, six or seven miles out on
the adobe road, md when he woke up
this morning his horses were gone
and the snow was nearly nv deep ns
the top Of ms boots. Not being able
to find his horses. Jesse hnOfcd i,
back TO town through the snow.
Tho war must DO over in the Phil.
irplncs; for General Otis, strenuous"
Roosevelt and all tho leading Impcr.
iRIists paS SO. But what We cannot
account for il that every few days a
few hundred Filipinos are killed; that
the army in the Philippines numbers
G3,5S5, and yot, according to reliable
correspondence, there arc not enough
men t0 do oven garrison duty oven
the grentcr pnrt Of the ISLANDS,. l.
Star.
Wynnduitc cave ia cit uatcd in .Jcn
ninRs township. Crawford county,
Ind, near the Ohio river and il n rival
Of the Mammoth cave Of kentucky in
grandeur mud sizp. II crcrls the 9th.
or cave IN the number AMI yatictjcs
of It's stnlagmitcs mud stalactitcs,
mud IN tho sizc OF it's chumbcrg.
Quo ~ these chambers is $50 feet in
length, 80 fcot in height. and con.
tnins a hill 10 fcot high. on which
arc iliroc fine stnlagmitca. EPSON
aalta, nitro md alum have boon oh.
tanned from the earth ~ tie cave.
Tho banking interests Of tho
country arc trying To induce tho
treasury authuritice at Washington
"a levy tho so tax on every express
agency thnt isaucs money ordcrs
Ihoy claim TINT these express