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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-02-06
FROM TUESDAYS DAILY.
Salmagundi.

j. &. Fuller returned from San Fran
CISCO today.
Mrs. J. l." Campbell and children left
Tor Tonopah today.
Roy ttigsby has gonu Ia San Francis.
co tn spend So vcraI weeks.
DULY thirteen below zero last night,
just pleasant winter weather.
Or. IL. Goodtrirud returned from
New York Yesterday afternoon. lie will
open M Office in FIX" and practice lila
profession.
Tho editor left Tor Reno thls after
noon to attend the meeting ~ the Board
Of Regents tomorrow. I!r will return
Thursday morning.
Sheriff ClHrk received a dispatch
from the Prcsidin late yesterday after
noon stating TINT .. l. Truesdell wns
a deser,er. The dispatch did not say
that the young man VIA wanted.
\ very interesting program has been
arranged for the entertainment nj Miz.
pah Hall Friday night. The committee
has spared neither time nor expense to
make the one That will bc enjoyed by all
VIII" attend. \ partial program will he
published tomorrow.
Tho INDEPENDENT acknowledges the
receipt Of the annual report Of the State
Controller. II is "a very interesting
pamphlet. gotten up in Controller
Davis beat stylc and in full Of il NORMA.
ton concerning the revenues ~ the
State.
Tho Tonupah Bonanza etatcs that Tom
iInrncy md HE party TINT left for the
Tiburon Islands some time ago tn col.
onizc the same. have returned Ia San
| Francesca. M tho Mexican Government
refused them several demands that were
ncccRanry in order Ia mike u success ~
tho venture.
Both sections ~ No. , wore running
with had luck Inst evening. a light on.
ginr, IN the first &c Ctior. crashed into o
u freight train nj Ryndnn, and the
accond scction ran into another freight
nj Avoucll. No ono was injured and no
damage done inside FROM knocking the
pilots oil the engines. Tho oastbound
flyer was delayed here several hours
tlIis morning in consequence.
According to the Kansas CITY journal
Il sciontiat snys that "it the earth VIVA
deep all over tho world" And nm Okla.
editor gives out the following: ~ my
man 10 caught %Ilattening ouL the earth
shoot him on tho epot, and don't hc Ia
blamed particular what spot, There's
u whole blamed lot ~ ia IN Oklahoma
TINT can't swim.-
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-02-06
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY
Salmagundi.

Yesterdays dispatches state that the
robber killed by the police in Salt Lake
Monday has been identified by Fred
Stodmeyer and George Heston Of Elko
rs IL "t the gang thai held them up in
n box car ut Elko on Jan. 18th.
County Clerk Dawley and Mrs. Daw-
ley leave tonight for Los Angeles and
will probably visit other Coast cities be-
fore they return home. The INDEpES-
DENT, together with their many friends,
wishes them a very pleasant trip. Otto
L. Williams will have charge Of the
office during the absence OF Mr.. Dawley.
4 grand ball will he given by Hum
boldt Lodge No. %. a. o. U. W. at the
Depot Hotel on Friday everin9 Feb.
Doth in honor OF Washington's Birthday.
No pains will be spared by the manage
pent to make thus party the most en- joy
able % the season. Excellent new music
will be furnished by the Elko Orcbes.
ira and a good time IL assured all who
attend. See the al which appears else
wherr for furthur particulars.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-02-06

Tho examination OF Phillips and Butts
for robbing the Reno ticket Office is the
great attraction in that town. The
writer spent yesterday afternoon listen.
to the proceedings. The District
Court room was crowded with citizens
who listened intently to the evidence Of
the witnesses Dan Mcmahon, a witness
for the State. testified yesterday after.
noon that he WIS within three feet OF
the robber, when he removed the mask
from lis face aud that a few days after
ward he picked Butts out OF a crowd OF
twenty-five or thirty rs the man. Me.
Mahon's evidence bore the impress
OF truth, although the defense
brought ont the fact that he
had served Il term in the penitentiary
Tor arson. The examination will close
today. The writer talked To IA number
Of HenC's citizens regarding the rob.
berry aud, though they we're averse to
expressing MI opinion regarding the
gull: or innocence Of the accused, nearly
all OF them would close the conversation
by saying they thought the right men
had been caught.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-02-06
FROM MONDAYS DAILY.
Salmagundi.

MB. j. 4. Mcbride has returned FROM
her trip /" Californ MIA.
Engineer Sholl came up from Carlin
this morning end put III the day in
town,
Lust night Was the coolest oi the
season. The mercury got down to IL
below zero.
The Virginia Chrun,cle say that fifty.
eight deaths have occurred in Reno since
the first Of january.
Hayden Henderson returned ypster.
hay from his trip to Missouri. lie looks
~ il he had enjoyed every minute Of the
time.
Commissioners Snyder and Weather re-
came in yesterday To attend the Board
meeting today. Mr.. Snyder reports
over two feet 81 snOw i'll Tuscarora aud
nearly three feet on the summit.
Before the commissioners adjnnrn
they would la Il good thing Tor the town
il they would pass au order prohibiting
anyone from drpnsitinH iirt from cellars
or other excavations upon any Of the
streets % the town.
Saturday afternoon in the Assembly
all the vetoes of Governor Sadler we're
sustained with The exception Of the IL
relating to the proposed constitutional
amendment to tax patented mines, and
that has not yet been disposed Of.
The wife and children Of Ex- Sheriff
Campbell came down from Tusearora
yesterday aud will leave tonight Tor
Tonopah. where MB. Campbell Inns n
brother. Mr.. Campbell Ii in California.
Ills health il gradually growing worse.
The best wishes or a most of friends go
with Mrs. Campbell aud children to
their new home.
\ man giving the name Of o. L..
Truesdell reported himself to Sheriff
Clark today rs II destertcr from the
Seventh U. 5. Infantry. He told the
sheriff that he had beer rowing around
Tor about three months and was sick
and tired Of II. lie wanted To he taken
Ia the Preside. Sheriff Clark tele
graphed Ia the Prrsidio tor instructions.
The White Pine county grand jury
made IL report Friday cxonerating j. 4.
Traylor and Jas. Z. Gaskill from all
blame in the Keystone tragedy. Two
indictments were found against WIN.
Lloyd, president of the Ely Miners I'm.
'"n. They charge Lloyd with on.
spiracy to get rid Of Traylor either by
kidnapping hun Oh taking his life.
Saturday nights smuggling match took
place on Missouri Flat instead OF the
Senate saloon rs reported. Two colored
%sluggeB battled for honors which
neither wou,a us the match resulted in y
draw. No blood was shed and neither
Of the contestants was hurt. Those
prese Mt donated pieces OF silver that
went to pay the expenses Of the eIhibi.
ton.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-02-06

Following ~ tho eight hour law whIGh
pnsNcd the Assembly several days ugo;
An act regulating the hours oi en-
rloymcni III underground mines and
smrltcrF. and or" reduction works and
providing penalties for violation the re-.
~.
The people of the State II Nevada rep.
~ tho Senate aud Asarmbly. dn enact no
follows:
See !. The period ~ employment Of
working men IN al underground mines
sinll br eight tSl hourH II day, except in
ca"cs ~ emergency where lie or prop
crly IL III imminent danger.
Zee. =. The period Of employment oi
working mrn ~ pmcItcra and all other
institutions for the reduction or refining
~ metals shnll he eight az houra per
iiay. except IN cns"p ~ emergency where
lie or property IL in imminent dun.
ger.
See. J. Any person who violated
either ~ the proceeding s%cctiOnp ~ this
act or amy person. corporation, chploycr
or lis ar its agent, VIII" hirca. contracts
with. or CnuHce any prra II Ia work in mn
underground mine or other underground
wnrkinRp. ~ III u smcI,cr ~ any other
mat II utiOn or place Tor the reduction oi
refining 60 otca or metals for u period
~ time longer tlInn eight tS) hours dur.
ing onc day unless If" md property
slrHll bc IN imminent danger sEall h,
guilty ~ II misdrmrnor and upon con
yiClion thereof ahall hr punished 10y {
tine ~ moi lcsH tlinn one hundred Goo
dOllarn. nor more than five hundred
dollars or imprisonment in the county
jail not moro than Elk monihp. nr by
both such limo and imprisonment.
Ncc, I. This act phnll take effect eixi!
days irnm aud after its pnspagc.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-02-06
Bank Checks For Everybody.

Familiarity with the post check cur
rency plan is the chief essential TO I'm.
qualified approval. Acquaintance with
it is easy. The government issues 81.
81 and 60 bills, much like the Bank Of
England notes, leaving blank spaces
thereon. These bills have all the viz
tues Of our present currency, with this
new n added. That when the owner
OF one OF them desires to remit il
through the mails he sticks on IA two
cent stamp cancels it, writes III the
blank spaces his name aud the name Of
the payee, and the operation Transforms
the currency into Il check which will be
paid, on Identification, by any none
order p~ostoAice or by any bank. This, wo
should say, is the extreme OF facility
md SIMPLIFY. II provides overy body
with a check book book which he can
fill out at will, without the trouble
oven OF making Il deposit.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-02-06
FROM SATURDAYS DNILY.
Salmagundi.

Sheriff Clark weut down To- Carlin this
AFTERNOON.
Mr.. j.. \. &. Frcund %, Evanston,
Wyoming. arrived yesterday morning.
III e Is looking Owe the oil fi"lds.
II III reported On the streets that there
will he ii %sluggIng match at the Senate
saloon tonight between a colored man
aud nn %itnliun. The attention 81 the
authorities Is call Il t" il.
An army 81 youngsters 81 both SEXES
are making the most al constinp from
PIety Hill. Pulling slrigh= up hill to
ri IL them down liz fun. Int getting a
pail ~ water or AN Hrmful oi wood Tor
their mothers IL h ,ck b eik,ng work.
Grandma Munson, a former resident
81 Elkn. died at the home ~ Andrew
wolfe at Stockton, California, at IL o.
clock this morning. Mr.. Smith and
Mrs.C. u. ll"nirrs III will leave Tor
Stockton tonight la attend the funeral.
Don I think There Is ~ omission OF
three dayr III the Legislative proceedings
because W. published the proceedings
yesterday ~ tho 9Th day and today those
~ the l2tli. The apparent ou.Ission il
caused by II taking the uumbcr Of the
'iny ~ given 10y the Carson News.
The Wordsworth Dispatch says: We
wonder Why the Legislators voted the m.
selves $50 apiece Tor postagr. il no news
papers can get any ~ the bills printed.
Constituent call at newspaper Offices
"a look at measures III which they are
interested, then are disappointed aud
GUS with good reason. The ~lSDIpES.
EST also wonders.
Ray Harris Ia away up III q today.
face and the world looks brighter to
him than it did yesterday. Tho arrival
of u Young lady at his house last evening
N the only explanation Of Rays cXccs.
sivc good nature that the ISDEpESDESr
In able la give. May he young lady
ROW Ia w|umanhoud aud be Il blessing
io Der parents.
Aaron d. Trcudway. one 81 the real
pioneers ~ Carnun City mud the COnst,
died AT his home on t,.r Trcndway ranch
Thursday evening Mr.. Trradway was
born IN the town 81 Middleton. Con.
ncctIcut, February ~, 1915. lie was a
Mexican War veteran and III said tn be
the last survivor of III" Mexican War in
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-02-06
500 Howard, 500.

The readers ~ this paper will 10
pleasHd la learn that there is Mt least
ono dreaded disease that science hna
been able Ia cure in all lts atagcs. aud
that il Catarrh. llalle Caturrh Cure IL
the only positive cur known Ia the
medical fraternity. t'Gtnrrl, being II
constitutional diBcasc, requires u con.
etitutiOnal treatment. Halle Catnrrh
Cure is taken internally. actiuR directly
upon the blood and MUCOUS surfncca ~
the sye!cm. thereby destroy ing the
foundation al The disease. aud giving the
patient strength 10y building up the con
stitutipu and assisting naturc in doing
tia work. The propriet"rs hive 90 much
faith ~ ito curative powers that they
offer One Hundred Dollars Tor any case
TINT IL fnile l." cure. Send Tor tcstimon.
ials. Address.
FL. CHENEY 4 90. Toledo. q.
Sold 10y Druggists 1hc.
lialis Family Pills arc the best
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Onickannds

Quicksnuds have a horrible fascina.
ton for writer's and readers of fiction,
aud the reality is every hit NJ bad us
fancy paints it. One OF the most re-.
markable quicksands accidents occur.
rcd years ago in New Zealand. Two
prospectore were wadinx across the
mouth oi a small stream running into
the sea in the north island Of Now Zeal.
and. Both stepped into r quicksand.
One who merely touched the edge II II
got loose. The other sank rapidly and,
in spite OF his companions efforts, was
sucked under. When an attempt was
made to the body, it was ionud
that the snnd VIVA enormously rich In
gold. From Il single ton Of II roo
pounds worth Ut gold wac Washed
Parsons.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-02-06
In Critical Attitude,

Some people seem to he born in nh
unhappy frame OF mind. They cannot
admire cxcellency without making
some comment on deficiencies. "Wth
them the "timcs arc always ont of
joint They are simply III II critical
attitude, mud nothing except grumbIing
will satisfy their morbid conditions,
eays the Pittsburg Press. They remind
n very striklngly Of tho old lady who,
when she was nskcd how she felt, re-
piled that che felt better, but thnt when
che felt better she always icit worse,
as the knew IL she felt better she WIS
going to have n worse spell again.
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hone>SfI~ made
Levi Strauss Coos
CoPPer-riveted
OVeHa11S
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TIL. Reno

The preliminary examination of W. d.
Phillips and Harry Butte, charged with
robbing the Reno ticket office, began
yesterday before Judge Nnsh Of Reno.
The Gazette sage the first witness
called was l.. &. Murtry, the travelling
auditor Of the Southern Pacific com.
pany. who has Reno in his jurisdiction:
He testified that he checked the Reno
office. Of which Phillips was ticket
agent, on December 3, 1909, aud found
it in good condition. He again checked
the office ON January Goth. at 10 p. III
Just twelve hours after the robbery and
found that there was II shortage OF 81
026.10. Mr.. Murtry gave an outline OF
Phillips work.
The introduction of Murtry's testi.
mony called for a number Of objections
on the part OF the attorneys for the de.
Tense, who said they did not deny that a
robbery had been committed, but before
it was undertaken to find out the motive
Phillips had in robbing himself, first it
sho aid be proven that he did get Butts
UT eOlllt ONO Else I'd roo MIN.
The Court overruled the objections
and MIR. Pike went ON with the eI.
animation OF Murtry. He questioned
the witness us to the amount that be-.
longed to the Virginia aud 1ruckee,
The witness said he could not state
positively without going to his books
and was excused for the purpose of
bringing his books INTO Court.
While Murtry was after his books,
Jean, the italian ~janitor, was called.
Louis 'el Piazza was sworn as inter
prefer. Jean testified hat he was clean.
ing the outside of the whiting rooms
windows when Phillips called him in the
Office to arrange a lot OF accumulated
guides for travellers. Jean was engaged
in that work wheii tho masked robber
came i'll and went to the safe on which
was setting the cash drawer and pro-
ceeded to loot the ranch. lie SAID that
Phillips cautioned him to look out and
not get shot. That after the robbery
Phillips and himself went into the east
waiting room but saw nothing Of the
robber. Mr.. Pike attempted to have
him tell by clapping his hands to mark
the time it took TO do the job. but be-
Yond proving that Jean was badly
frightened, he did not find out much.
All the cross.examinatioD OF Jean
brought out was that he had been close.
ly questioned by Detective Ahern on
two occasions.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-02-06

The preliminary examination OF W..
ID. Phillips and Harry Butts, charged
with rObbinR tho Reno ticket Office clos.
cd yesterday. Both defendants we're
held to appear before the Washoc coun.
ty grand jury to answer the charge.
Their bonds were fixed Mt $4,000 each.
Tho bonds were given and the defend.
aDts were released from custody.
Neither Of the defendants testified at
The examination.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-02-06

Col. Is. Mnxon moi with quito Il pain
full accident yesterday while on! sleigh
riding. He had a party OF fifteen young
people with HIM, and in crossing II blind
culvert on South Virginia street the
sleigh turned over and the horses. be.
coming frightened, ran away: IN the
m~iS.up Col. Maxon was the only party
seriously injured, and is now at his
home. laid up with a dislocntcd shoulder.
Reno journal.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-02-06
WHY NOT

Congress has rebated the ,iui, on coal
for mi year. This is in response to a
sweeping demand that has gone up
from every home in this land.
Why did Congress rebate the duty for
ono year? Why did it not repeal the law
for all time?
II taking the tur II oil noal or Relating
the tariff ID coal for one year in a good.
thing would it not he a good thing tai re-.
bate it for two yearsy IL the 70 an. more
reason why it should he rebated this
year than next year, when the PROPOSE.
ton is viewed from the stIndpuint ~
principle?
The Necessity tnr rebat ng It this year
may tie grrater but the principle behind
the thing is the same.
Mnst thr American people face star.
%vation, or death by cold, before their
lawmakers will grant them immunity
from persecution by gigantic trusts?
In our earlier years. in the study OF
American history, We were taught that
one OF the fundamental ideas in the
government Of this country was. The
greatest good to the g~rentest number"
Is that "a wise doctrine? Is there jus.
tice III il:
II iB true that the welfare Of one Is the
concern Of all, but have we not grown to
make it read, ".All must he compelled to
pay tribute to the greed Of une?"
Let us Look at the situation n bit.
How many men are benefited 10y this
protection on coal! How many are
wronged 10y it? How many people in
the State Of New Hampshire are mining
coal! How many in Maine; in Vermont;
how many in Massachusetts. Rhode Is.
land and Connecticut?
How many people in these six States
are using cOalr
Takei II in Pennsylvania; how many men
are owners Of coal mines? In what great
State are there a few, o one in every
hundred Thousand OF that States people,
and yet because Of mn infamous law
found upon the statute books Of the
nation. written there by the greed and
avericiOusuess Of rs blood Thirsty IA set
Of piratical cut throats as ever scuttled
"A ship W all pay tribute.
Stop and think about the inIamy III
the thing. Ask yourself wherein the
Justice in such a law lies.
Wnat infant industry are we protect
ing by giving to these highwaymen
guns with which they compel Us to
stand and deliver, or perish from cold?
And yet Congress, a supposedly re.
preventative body Of Americans, when
urged by nine hundred and ninety nine
t~housandths OF the American people, re.
bate the tariff III coal for one year, in
stead Of wiping it off the statute books
forever?
In this connection it is but right to say
that the wrong and hardships and in
Equity done by the duty on coal is less
III proportion than ou countless other
things but the people will not awaken
to a realization OF this fact. until hard
pressed along these other lines.
You want coal now You haven't tie
price tn pay Tor it. having investigated
the duty On thus commodity, you real
ize that you have to pay that duty and
you ask to have that duty repealed,
Reason out the whole proposition al
oDg the same line, and the tariff will
cease to be a fetch before which YOU
PROSTATE yOurselyes.-Concord (N. H.
Patriot.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-02-06
FROM THURSDAYS DALI.
Salmagundi.

Mrs. +. G. Griffin is mp from CArlin
today.
The editor returned from Reno this
morning. lie will now settle down tn
business again.
Constable Mccoy took u crazy china
maj int" custody this morning. who,
armed with an ax, created considerable
disturbance" III c~h'ua;owG.
George T.. Davis, Secretary OF the
Rocky Mountain Co nphny. WIS called
Ia his home II Duluth yt-tcr lay 10y sick
ness i'll his family.
Detective FitZpatric k swure to a COM
plant this afternoon charging y. Puc.
cinelli, a saloon !;Gsper un NJ ssonri Flat,
with stealing cUal from the Railroad
Company.
Pete Haneon, arrested for disturbing
the peace and &. II. Moore. a way. had
IA hearing before Justice Morgan this
Afternoon und were given an npportun-
ity tai leave town. They left.
II many more petty larceny thieves
and hobos break into Jail. it will have to
be enlarged. There ara twenty eight
PRISONERS under the care Of Sheriff
Clark now and tue number Is likely to
be Increased il the cold snap continues.
f.. l.. Evana, d petty larceny hobo,
nippod II pair % shoes from Mr.. Odeil's
/ ,NArp fr,,a,l.- Il, 80. GNIl- A..
Coy found Evans with the shoes and
locked him up. tie plead guilty today
and was given sixty days in Jail without
tho new shoes.
4 number 81 Rebekahs, well supplied
with good things TO eat. surprised Mrs.
BoOher and her mother about $50 last
evening. They took complete possession
OF the house and enjoyed themselves
until the small hours Of this morning.
Such little affairs serve to make life
brighter aud happier.
Judge Brown returned last night
from Ely, where he had been holding
court. He informed the reporter this
morning that VIM. Lloyd. president Of
Fly Miners Union, who WIS indicted on
two charges by the grand jury OF White
Pine county for the attempted kidnap-
ping 81 j.. 4. Traylor, was admitted To
bail in the sum Of $1,000 on one charge
and 500 on the other. Lloyd's trial
has not been set, but it will probably
take place in May. All was qniet at
Ely when Judge Brown left.
Tuesday evening Martin Lamb and
Joe Gray went into Seymour Jacobs
store and ASKED to 500 some gloves.
While Mr.. Jacobs attention was att ract-
ed from them. they stuck six or eight
pair Of gloves in their pockets and
walked out. Mr.. Jacobs soon miBsed
the gloves and Constable McCo, was
put on tho track Of the men. lie soon
had them in Jail, Fonr pair Of gloves
were found on the men. The, plead
guilty today and were given sixty days
each in jail.
Passenger train No. Tuesday went
through the tunnel hrt NJ .lccn
aud Carliu aud all the Trains now pass
through il. Tho tunnel il 1900 feet in
length Hnd cuts oil II mile md Il half ~
distance. Tho now truck between Cur.
lin ind Palisade is nlso being used
Owing to the new track not being
thoroughly settled the traiue run over
il slowly. When all tho new track lie.
tween ElkO rod Reno il IL good cnndi
ton. the time between the two ruiuis
will bc materially reduced.
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Cash Clearance Sale.

In order TO reduce my pres
ent stock to make room for
mySpring and Summer goods,
l will begin a Cash Clearance
Sale OH January 2Sth, to con-
tinue for three weeks. A dis
count Of rs per cent will be
given OIL all goods now in my
store.
Mrs. l.. CAMPBELL.
EL.Ko, New, Jan. Fl, 1903.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-02-06

In the preliminary examination of
Phillips at Reno yesterday, charged with
robbing the Reno ticket office nothing
new wa brought out except that Mr..
Coffin, the telegraph operator, identl.
fled II revolver found OH the street
shortly after the robbery Rs one that had
laid around the ticket office for severnl
years. Ills testimony was borne out by
the evidence of two others.