Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-06-15
FROM THURSDAYS DAILY.
SAI,oIAG MD.

MB. joe Henderson will arrive
from the west tonight.
Assessor Evans reports n big gain
in the assessable value OF washoN
county.
Milton Wallace received a $50 dog
from Sacramento yesterday. He acts
just like a common yellow dog that is
not worth $3.50.
r. Reinhart OF New York City ia
visiting his brother Edgar. Mr..
Reinhart visitel here in 1891. He
will go west from here and then re-
turn for q longer visit.
washoe county has Il delinquent list
OF S232.G. All the other counties ex.
cept Elko have delinquent lists. Elko
is The banner county OF the State and
don't you forget it.
Sam Jones, the noted preacher,
says the most beautiful sight in the
world is to see IL family gathered
around hearthstonc, with the head
OF the household reading his local
p~aper-naid i'll advance.
Tho Journal suys the census OF
Reno is about completed and the
population will foot up to a tritie over
5000, a gain OF 60 per cent over the
census Of 1890. This is a good show.
ing for the Riverside City.
1t is reported that the members OF
the First Nevada Battalion who en-
listed to fight the Spaniards, hut got
no farther than Carson, are entitled
to an extra mnoth's pay. The boys
should go for it.
The Kentucky Court of Appeals
has entered an order %discharging the
bonds OF the Republican State ofic.
ials so far us they relate to the DOS.
session OF the State offices and build
ings. This puts the Democratic
State officials into the possession OF
the offices and buildings at once.
The Nickle Syndicate cases are
again in the United States Court.
1t seems that attorney Deal sold the
property under a judgement after adj
vertislng it but twenty days under
the State law, while the United
States Statutes require a longer pnb-
LEGATION.
\ Frankfort, Ky, dispatch says
that Sheriff Suter has gone to In.
dianapolis with a requisition to Co.
vernon Mount from Governor Beck
ham asking for the extradition OF w.
5. Taylor on an indictment charging
him With being an accessory to the
murder Of Governor Goebel.
Tho Hawthorne Bulletin SAYS the
body OF Pah zee, a Chinaman, was
found last Saturday about a mile and
IA half from Rhodes Marsh. Decom-
position had set i'll and the body vas
burned where it was found. The
coroner's jury found that the deceas-
ed came to his death by insanity and
exposure. They also found that he
was IA leper. as his toes and fingers
had sloughcd or.
There was the usual dispute in
Milwaukee, this year in regard to the
position of the flag on Memorial Day,
and the board Of put lie works Of
that city secured an official ruling
from the wal department at Wash.
ington on the names OF hosting the
flag that dry. The wal department
says hat the flag should fly mt half
mast until noon OF Memorial Day and
after the noon hour should be drawn
to the peak until shutdown.
BY the terms OF n law passed ut the
last session OF Congress Senator
Jones and Stewart have the appoint
ncnt of two cadets for West Point,
These cadets will be selected by a
competitive examination To- he held
in Reno on July End. Full particu.
lars will be found elsewhere. Tho
INDEPENDENT would like To see two
OF the bright young men Of Ell,o
county get away with these appoint
mcnts.
rs the "BoScrs' are making a great
deal Of trouble in CHINA just now, the
following statement will throw some
light on the meaning Of the term:
Prince Oochtomsky, editor OF the
Vicdomisti OF st. Petersburg and who
ls Il great Chinese authority, says that
tile Boxers are ono OF the oldest
secret organizations with which the
modern society OF China ia honey.
combcd. They have been working
ngainst foreigners for several genera.
tons. Tho boxers will probably be
put down, but il il feared TINT a great
number Of men, women and children
will DO murdered before that ran he
effected"
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Deafness Cannot lie Cured
by local applications rs they cannot