Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1901-01-25
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY
sALMAGuND,

Salt Lake last night.
The Senate has ratified the Spanish
treaty by n vote Of 80 to IA.
The editor leaves Tor Reno to-
night to attend a meeting OF the
Board OF Regents tomorrow.
Chns. Greenberg and Miss Alice
Love have gone to Salt Lake City.
having received word OF the serious
illness Of Mr.. Greenberg's mother,
who resides there.
The annual report OF Controller
DAVIS Is Mt hand. Besides an item
lied statement OF the financial trans
actions OF the State it contains a very
interesting discussion OF the revenue
laws. Tho INDEPENDENT will have
something more to say about in the
near future.
Saturday evening the ball was
started rolling OIL the green tables.
The tiger was in a playful mood and
Ii OF the sports form Elko cashed
in two thousand dollars worth OF
chips. a little poker has also been
INDUCED III, and the coin that
changed hands looked like old times.
Carson Appeal.
The following United States Seua.
tors we're elected yesterday: II. j..
Gamble. Sunth Dakota. WIN. j. Sc-
well, New Jersey; j. Burton, Kansas;
knute Nelson, long term, and Moses
T.. Clapp. short term, Minnesota.
AL OF them are Republicans. The
legislatures Of Nebraska, Delaware,
Oregon and Utah failed to elect.
The passage OF Wilson's resolution
in the Assembly yesterday seems to
XIII the lottery scheme beyond any
hope OF resurrection. Twenty seven
of the thirty members ho voted put
themselves on record against the
lottery aud must necessarily vote
against the amendement to tile consti-
tuition when it comes before the AS
sembly.
a telephone message was received
from Weiland Station this afternoon
stating that there was IL passenger
on the stage from Bull Run whose
face was all broke out with the small
pox. DR.. Hood and Sheriff Camp.
a
bell were notified and they will prob.
ably hold up the stage before it gets
to town and tako the man to the pest
house.
A. j. Thomas. aged 80 years, died
at the county hospital last night.
MIR. Thomas was admitted to the hos
pital on the l2th OF December and had
been complaining 'or some time, but
his death was not expected go soon.
The remains will be held at Pullman's
undertaking pnrlors until his rela.
tives i'll Ruby Valley a be heard
from.
The freight business on the rail-
road continues very light. Only
egnla trains are running md
generally some Of these are annulled
daily. The number of crews has
becn reduced hbout one thir /, within
the past two months. and still the
are not all making their
mileage. Two q crews were
taken oil tOday.-Silver State.
Last night d cOlored man jumped
oil Il west bound freight tram, that
stopped by the mill, ana rau across
the street. Constable McCoy halted
the nan and found that he WIS nearly
naked. Tie fellow gave his name as
Cooley and said he was on hie way to
Dino. Constable Mccoy soon saw
that lie was crazy as a March hare
ana kindly TOOK charge Of him. The
poor man vas nearly frozen and very
hungry. He was warmed up and fed
and taken to the lock up. lie will
probably be sen to the asylum.
The biennial message of Governor
Sadter was received this morning.
IL Is Il thorough review OF the needs
Of tho State and contains many i'm.
portnnt recommendations to the
legislature. The Governor does not
deal i'll finely rounded sentences and
spread eagle rhetoric, but talks like
"a man who understands the needs OF
the State and Goes 1t in a business
like way.
In the list of Senate alta ches ap-
pears the name Of MB. Maggie Fur.
long II Elko county. Mrs. Furlong
IL Il resident Of Carson aud haa lived
there the last fifteen years. She is
the lister OF Mrs. Senator ilardesty
and owes her position to that fact.
1t ia hardly fair for Senator Har-
desty to saddle his wife's Carson re.
lativrs upon the people Of Elko
county and ihus deprive needy, com.
petont young ladies'. whose homes are
here, al tho positions they are justly
eptitled to The Senator will prob
ably got his votes in CarsJn when he
runs for Office again.
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