Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-01-17
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SALMAGCNDI
Claude Anderson in limpmg
around with the rheumatism.

unti' ~ cIock today.
There was q mistake in the al Of
the Reinhsrt Company yesterday.
The y per cent reduction applies TO
books and not to -buvts" as printed.
MIR. GuldHgRer came in from Skel.
ton yesterday. He reports .
thing quiet i'll that section. He says
there is but little, il any, snow in the
II ountains out his way.
Bill Scn:i. the man who shot Con-
stable Lecpcr. di II ut the Carson
penitentiHr! ut 8 o'clock this morning
Ills death relieves Washoe county VI
the expense OF IL costly tnal.
The Gazette says that at 4 O'Clock
yesterday afternoon Constable Leep
er's condition wns satisfactory L the
attendant and ply, icianL. We have
Ind no report Of :ii= condition today.
.As nn 3p1lica Rs fo5 teachers
certificates pat ia nn appearance yea.
terlay moruiup, Comfy School
Superintendent ileI denim and his
i~socin'es quie'ly folded lhciT fonts
and wI,bdrcp' from tim. courthouse.
The Gazette RAY > Il %HrIh.t E:s is
sued !esie5Diay mnrnia. Ia. t'rn"k
Spencer. ar Van Sickle. who WIS
mixed up III IT,. -iIn"lm& Of Con
Lcper lie will ir. 'irid
pending the outcome of L"rper's
wounds.
The trial II the irnhGn, lynrhen
hns d~egcnerated mo u tongue wag.
ging match between Judge llHrrIuH.
ton and .he lawyers foI the defense.
AT last accounts it was d petty even
match between the JndRe rld Rakcr,
one Of the defendants lawyers.
The U. y. Supreme Court has set
January 9th M tie time :or hearing
III the application Of the
II Minnesota for leave To file a
against the Northern
COmpan, benr,ng up the
consolidation of lie Northern Pacific
with other railroad companies.
Sheriff Campbell in out in the
southeastern part OF the county
up sheep men who have
failed to pay the necessary license.
lio Tia. mad. life n burden TO Utah
and Idaho sbeepmen thus year and
the county treasury Ii richer by
thousand dollars.
II seems that girls, as we'll as boya.
~ R"ykiavik. Iceland have contract.
ed the habit Of smoking cigarettes.
and the law allows any adult nan OF
woman who finds u boy or girl
smolsnR to give the yorng offender 4
sound spanking and To- seiZ.' and do
etEoy any cigarette found IN his OF
her possession.
One OF Elko's citizens remarked to
the reporter tho other evening that
the town WIS full Of tin horn gam.
blers and that they wore running the
young men. II this Is true, the au-
thorities should kin ily but firmly
notify all men Of that class to- pack
what baggage they have and u
They are not needed in ElkO.
The Pension hill for the next iscal
year Was taken up in the ilonse VI
Representatives yesterday. II up.
pr~opriates Si39.si6,48O rs against
Sllj,2i5,2D for the current year.
The Commissioner Of Pensions be.
lieves that the high tide OF pension
payments has been reached nnd that
the Amount required would probably
remain stationary for some years.
DR.. Leo LETT for Tonnpah this
morning ut the earnest request Of the
company and others interested Ia the
camp. There is an epidemic Of black
meWalcs. smallpox or pneumonia, or Il
combination Of all. The doc,ors al
ready there do moi really know what
il in. The death rate is something
alarming and all are leaving that Gun
secure passage on the overloaded
stages. -Carron Ncwe.
The New York llernld's Washiu!.
ton correspondent coca to conbidcra
biz trouble Ia explain that Governor
Shaw, tho n,Y Secretary 81 tho
Treasury, has stI to,s ~ rarn foot,
Y liz would br something Of y practi.
cal advantage. Il tho new Secretary
concludes t. take his stand ON the
peoples side, M proceeds to kick
the Wall .'rcrt gamblers from the
temple.--Cu nm0ner.
Tie Board ~ purduna met yester.
day and considered applications Tor
cl"mency. Vie Bou"n, sent from
llumholit equity in April, 1900, for
seven yrars for cattle stealing, was
p1rduned on condition that no leave
che State. II. j. JOhnspn, who was
W tho pen Tor one ycar ipr an assault
TO do great hniily bnrm upon a citi
zen Of Rero, wes also pardOnod. The
application oi f.. ) Kenduok, sery.
ing II lie seLtpnce Tor u brutal aud
unprOyokcd murder, wBs being con