Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-01-12
FROM THURSDAYS DAIL1.
SALNIAGUSDl.

AT Il conservative estimate the min
crs ofEureka mining district have re.
ceived Owe $4,000 for tho ore they
shipped out in Tie last six months
Sentinel.
General Lord Roberts, the new
commander Of the British forces in
South Africa, and his chief Of staff,
General Lord Kitchener, have arriy.
ed at Cape Town.
Whenever a black cat passes u
lindoo sentry at Bombay he gravely
saiutes it in military style. This ls
because OF Il superstition which leads
han to believe that the cat contains
the soul Of II British officer.
The receipt of the United States
Marshal, for the district OF Nevada. for
The quarter ending January l., 1900,
will exceed those of the district Of
California. Marshall Emmit is al
lowed only II deputy, while the CAL
i.ornia Office has four.
Tho Cooke locomotive works has
just made a delivery to the Southern
Pacific of five new eight wheel pas
sengcr engines. Tho new engines
have cylinders 22x2i inches high.
Their run will be between Ogden and
Cdrlin.
john Henderson and Ell Reinhart.
two members Of the -un club, have
challenged the INDEPENDENT man to
shoot pigeons at the trap. They
agreed To wager the bunk and store
against the printing Office. After
fully considering the matter We have
concluded not to accept the chal.
l"ngc. Our casnu being that il We
won. Of which there's no doubt. we
would have a bank and store on our
hands and they would he turned out
to the mercics of a pitiless world,
IheSacTameu;o iseccrd.Union calls
upon the women OF our beloved land
to swear of an old bad habit, and re-.
solve chat hereafter in signing their
names they will write the prefix
which Indicates whether she lsmarried
or single. thus saving men a world OF
pcrplcx!;y and man! unhappy blund.
ers. What, that paper asks, are men
correspondents to do when receiving
letters from ONE they do not know
III addressing replies? And This is
AN every day happening, especially III
newspaper oilires. The short way
ont If the trouble is for all mn to
sign their letters SO as to Indicate
whether they are free and indepen-
dent spinstcrs or proud matrons and
wives.
Secretary Of War Root has written
a letter IN which he states that he will
not he Il candilatc for Vice Presi-
dent. He deems it far more import
adi % ihc country, to tho Gdministra.
tiun and to the Republican party at
this critical time Of val that he
should continue to attend 10 the bu s.
mess of the War Office, not that there
were no other men that could we'll
discharge the duties OF The Secretary
OF War, but having spent five or six
months becoming familiar with the
subject no other man could stcp in
and take up the work without going
through the same training. Beng "A
cludIa"t" for Vice President would
mean his practical withdrawal from
the War OAice within a very short
time.
Tho tral OF II of the parties ar.
rested for completely in last Thursday
nights outrage began before Justice
Morgan and Il jury in the District
court room Mt 10 o'clock this morning
The evidence against the defendant
w"s plain aud positive. Tho defense
tried f." ma:c it appear that il II
oiicnse WIS committed it was a felony
instead Of It misdcmCapor. District
Attorney wilson prosecuted the de-
PENDANT and Attorney Henderson de-.
tended. Senator Ernst, l.. Winter.
mantc'. C. W. Grover and {. \. Fran
els composed iire jury. 1t Is very
doubtful It these gentlemen ever
listened to Il nasticr case. The Jury
brought in verdict Of guilty late
tiia afternoon and = o'clock tomorrow
afternoon was set as tho time for ras.
sing sentence. 1t is needless 10 say
that The verdict of the jury meets the
hearty endorsement OF all good citi-
2CUs.