Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-01-22


III" Ny and Ormsi J { .nn:y Bank at
iars"n o., uS.i it, So,.:S Monday ALTER
noon. Tao interior IL, handsomely Tin.
ishcd III mahogany and .Le furnishings
ate VI til. latest Gctign.
The board OF pnrjuus met Monday
and considered several casca. Among
them being the Crowley!.cas.. The case
Of Goethe Segmiller, tho Indiim boy
under sentence Of death, Is before the
board.
The INDEPENDENT rec, we ! this morn
ing u lot Of printed matter. ;ag', etc.
from the State Exposition b ard Tor use
in FOR wardinH exhibas 10 arson. Those
sending exhibits can cali ..n,. get what
they want.
James Nesbitt Jr. YVES called to De-
OF the sudden death Of his Fat her. No
patic, lars VI tho death we're received.
james Nesbitt Jr. Ia a stud, nj attending
the University Of Nevada. Journal
A philadelphia housemaiI Is ,uiur Il
doctor for $1,000 damages Tor having
grated skin from her body "u another
like IL case OF illegal grating, too, but
You can never tell how the statute Of
Limitations may work out.
In arranging the daily files Tor 1903
Tor binding. the issue Of December 2nd
was missing. Anyone having copy Of
the paper OF that date will confer Il
great favor by sending it to this Office.
Look over your old papers and see il
you rave one dated December ,. 1903.
Mrs. Booher writes irem Rochester,
New York, under date OF the 18th, that
her mother is gradually growing weaker
and the DR.. says he does not think she
will recover from her present illness,
He says her lie Is snutIing ont like n
candle. She is cheerful and talks about
coming back to Elko.
John Garrecht WIS rs happy rs a June
bug on a later vine last night. The
cause OF it all WIS the arrival Of a boy
at his house late in the afternoon. John
said the little fellow had curly red hair
and was n bnunccr. The mother is
doing nicely and Papa Garrecht u in
the swim up to his neck.
Carries Wallace. the n,OutiI individual
thu: uuioaded II !"t Of ho"us checks III
Reno last Saturday, passed one III VIM
nemucca Sunday aud struck out On the
stage for DEMO eRrly Mnnda! morning.
Sheriff Lamb started i'll pursuit, Int
nothing hnt been heard from him when
the Silver State went to press yesterday
Scientists believe tile sleeping sick
ness" noT devastating the interior Of
Africa will invade the United States.
They believed !hIs tai be the case when
they took up the study OF Dora Meek. a
C%entralia IllInoIsl girl, who slept her
life away. The germ giving rise to the
disease is PRESENT III the common rat.
4 man walking along the Boulevard
st. Michel, Paris. stopped to light a
cigarette. Suddenly he began to dance
with pain, and the curious crowd winch
soon gathered was surprised to see
flames issuing from the mans nose.
Ills most. had LIMITED whru he applied a
match tn hi cigarette Che nose proved
tO he anIrtiir,HI one. made OF celluloid.
OF the iOi lynchugs III the United
States last vJar, 81 were i'll the South
and - ID the north; So negroes, II
whites and ! ClnnnmaG; TO- men and >
women, The two principal alleged
crimes were murder, 81 cases. and erin.
inal assault, 20. Arkansas, Georgia,
Louisiana and Mississippi lei the list,
with II, II. II, and IS, respectively.
Alabama winch used to be notorious for
lynchings, had only two cases. and there
were two southern states, Maryland and
Virginia, which had none.
The Rochester Post Express has COL
lcctcd the 1T ~ttistics Of great eat re
ti:rs. Tina; ~ Chicago was second to
the fire III the Rug theater at Vienna in
1881, when some 900 persons lost their
lives. After the Ir"quris disaster comes
the burning OF the brooklyn thrater
December :. 1876, during II pcrfnr nance
Of the two Orphans by Kate ChStonr
when 20 pers Ins were killed. Some
two hundred persons were killed in the
burninI 81 lie Paris opera house Octo'
Der %. 1887. Rnd l43 lost their lives al
the burning OF the Charity Bazaar il
Paris May 3. 1897.
Tho cRse Of Mary Doey aud Ceci
Brown went to the jury shortly after
o'clock last night and n verdict Of guilt.
was returned against Cecil Brown, mt
Mary Docy was acquitted. Tho de
toDdant was ordered TO appear ut
~o'clork thu afternoon for sentence. Mis-
Brown appeared at ] o'clock and Justic
Morgan fined her 800 and costs, tn
lowest fine fixed by the statutes. Thi
was in accordance with the recommend
I alton OF the jury in their verdict. I'll
. defendant paid the fine amounting (
sl33. Tho cHseg againet the other wome
have been continued IN condition thu
they leave town and remain away.