Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-01-30
FROM SATURDAYS DAILY.
Salmagundi.

ltrr. f.. u. Meredith left fur Salt
Lake this morning.
The Colorado legislature is still fight
iug over the United States Scuatorship.
In" Board Of Prison commissioners
will meet the batter part Of February to
make the MINOR appointments ior the
~renitentiar!. Tiercll be more weeping
aud waiting then.
Rev. MIR. Greenfield will preach the
first of a series 81 scrmOns ON Compare.
tive Religion tomorrow night. The yir
tues and objects 81 COniucianism will be
presented and the superior merits of
Christianity set forth.
Tho Gazette says that Ex-Governor
Sadicr Ii much displcased over his de.
i"nt for Ill" wardcnsMp. 1t also Gays
TINT the election 81 Considine ia unpop-
uiar and that the end Is not yet, The
'inzcit" IL trying !" stir up II political
row.
Senator Hunter came W from Carson
49, 'f' WIN y
with the politicians and legislators nj
the Capital has made no change in Kim.
But the l~SpErESDEST mnkrs no predic.
ton IA Ia what change IL fifty days rosi
dcncc III Carson will make. Tho
best We can hope for IL tina he'll he no
worse.
Jerry connolly appeared in the dis.
irict court today On IL charge u bur
glarizlmr Andy Todd's saloon on the
night Of the lith inst. lie plead guilty
to The charge pnd was sentenced to ono
year III prison. by attending strictly
la his duties III that iustit u;iop he will
again he with us in ten mouthe. -Carson
News
Col. AIthnr Lynch member 81 Parli
mcnt Tor Galway. was yesterday con-
rictcd Ut trrHsnu and sentenced Ia he
hanged. Lynch fought with the Beers
during their gallant struggle against
England III South Africn. l., nch bore
himself with unfaltcring composurc
when TIA" sentence was pronounced. lIis
sentence vii! probably he committed Ia
imprisonment Tor life.
III" Whit" Pine News II the 92nd
says Judge George '. Brown arrived at
Ely last Monday and Immediately br.
gan the selection 81 II grand jury. winch
will meet Mt the Court House. tomorrow
m0rnmg--fridny, and thoroughly in
vcstightc the cause ~ the shooting ut
the Keystone ON the Tth. II in not at all
imprubablo That more than ono Till will
he brought against some al the p%nrtici.
pants IN TINT derIornblr affair.
Prof. Edmond O'Ncil, Of tho chsmis.
try department Of The University OF
California, arrived from Berkeley this
morning. In company with Mr.. Davis
ano Mr.. Willis he spent the forenoon in
examining tho shalc dcpnaits south Of
town. This Afternoon no and Mr.. Davis
took III the oil we'll. Prof. O'Ncil ls
very much interested in tho shale de-
posits md will make Il thorough test Of
the shaIc Tor the purpose Of determining
the amount, quality aud kinda 81 the
different products found IN il. Tho
lNpErEHnESr would not bc surprised II
Prot ONcil's Investigations resulted in
something very good for Elko.
Tho Philippine islands ARE II bunch of
trouble, sure enough, During tho lasi
year 100000 people have died there with
tho plague and 100000, 900 worth OF cat.
tie have boon killed by the rindcrpcst.
At least thcsc nrc tho official figures.
And yet We gave 100000, 900 for tho con-.
bihntiGr. with several hundred million
thrown IN Tor gOoi measurement io say
nothing oi the eoldicrs killed IL war and
10y disease, Surely the national admin.
narration was not wise when il prccipi.
tnicd all this trouble md expense upon
our alrcndy nvcrhurdcncd baclr. -Jop.
lin tMo.D Globe.
An interesting discussion took place
IN the House on January ~ bet wucn Mr..
GrOsvcnOr ~ Ohio aud -Chaup p
Einrt 81 Missouri. Replying to Mr..
Gtosvcu0r. Mr.. Clark said that tho clcc.
ton figures show that tho Democrats
lInd ut least nh oven chance in 1901 Mr.
Clark pointed out that tho change Of n
tow thousand votes IN certain States
would give tho Democrats the prosi.
dcncJ. \ Republican Congressman
from Maryland in]tcrruG:cd Mr.. Clark to
aak: "Wliilc yOn urc making these
changce do you euppogc W will DO act.
ting with our honda in our lapsH" no."
rciortcd Mr.. Clark, "you will liavo your
hands in tho treasury up to the Rrmpits
Just whore they always ARE