Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-06-17

The ease against Officer Mefiey Of
Reno, charged with receiving bribe has
been dismissed by District Attorney
Pike. The Gazette says the case proved
to be no case at all,
Mr.. Booher will leave for Reno tonight
to attend a meeting OF the Board Of Re-
gents tomorrow. While away he will
attend the session Of the l.. o. o. f.,
Grand Encampment and Grand Lodge.
Tie will return next thursday morning.
The corpse taken from the Truckee
river Wednesday afternoon has be Ell
fully identified as.that Of Mr.. Tinsman.
h father Of Mr.. Tinsman has re-.
quessed the undertaken Mt Reno to take
the body to San Farncisco for Gre
nation,
Yesterday at the county Jail there was
a fearful slaughtered bed bugs. Ho-
boes who havs been confined in the Jail
have recognized tho different breeds
from various points OF the globe, but
yesterday about forty sulphur candles
were burned after the doors and win
dows had been covered.-Enter prise,
On account OF the Truckee-C Carson
irrigation project, the acting Commits
siuner OF the General Land Office has
instructed the Register and Receiver at
the Carson City Office to withdraw from
all forms OF disposal all lands within one
mile OF the margin OF Carson lake,
Churchill county, New.
The death list by the burning OF the
excursion steamer General Slocum in
New York Harbor will approximate one
thousand. AT | o'clock Thursday inter-
noon 522 bodies had been recovered, CT
which l55 had been identified. There
we're reported 46I persons missing and
the hospital had 1T injured.
Elko will be under Mountain time on
and after one minute past eleven Sat
urday night. All agents and train men
have been ordered to set their time
pieces one hon ahead ut ll:0l p. III, to
agree with the new time card which
goes into effect at 1901 Sunday Morn.
ing. Get up nm hour earlier Sunday
morning il you want to be on time.
Sheriff Clark received word last
night that two suspicious men had come
into Toano, riding horses that answered
the description OF those stolen from MIR.
Iom.ri last Tuesday night. lie went to
up on No, Il Inst evening and this morn
ing he wired Deputy Sheriff Weathers
that he had The men and would bring
them down III No. 3 this afternoon.
On and after June l9sh, train No. G.
ont OF San Francisco III the evening,
will come by way of Stockton, Lathrop
and Martinez. No, 3 w%estbouud, will
travel the same route. AL other trains
will go and come by way OF Benecin, as
Mt present. This change is made to ac-
comodate the Stockton and other local
travel between Port Costa md Sacrn.
mentO.
When the State University closed,
Bonnie Mcbride vent on a canning
trip to the Sierras with some friends
After killing all the game in the noun.
N''S "fN ShNSuAIH al tlo lSn III tic
mountain streams, the party broke up
and Bonnie returned to Elko yesterday
morning. He j" now in good fix for hard
work during his vacation, after which
he will resume hls studies in the States
big school.
The Operetta Cinderella will be given
by the members OF the Owl Club next
Tuesday evening ut tho high School.
As there has been considerable expense
incurred for music. costumes and SET
ting Will be necessary To charge thirty
five cents for reserved seats aud twenty.
live cents for general admission. Seats
will be on sale tomorrow morning Mt tho
Telephone office.
MIR. and Mrs. George Scates, who are
travelling across the country in nm auto
mobile from Los Angeles, Calitor mia. to
Portland Maine, are registered mt the
COMMERCIAL. Thcy left Battle Monn.
tain Monday and reached Elko last
night. Since leaving Reno they have
bad n tough, hard !ime, beng compelled
to camp out three nights. Mr.. Scates
fixed up liis machine this forenoon and
left for the East. lie will probably
reach his destination some time before
Christmas.
Tho situation Mt Cripple Creek ia
quiet. but there Il Differentiation to bring
to Justice II possible, every murderer md
conspirator implicated in tho lndepen.
dcnce dynamite explosion on tho morn.
ing OF juno 9th. Tho county commis.
sionera have appropriated $4,000 :or
tho services OF a special prosecutor and
other necessary assistance Samuel ID.
Crump, attorney Of the Mino Owners'
Association has been engaged M epecial
prosecutor.
a few days ago Mr.. La Due, n Young
drummer took unto himself Il wife. and
since then his liie bas been made m,ser.
able 10y the kids OF the town. Lnst
night the Young couple woro followed
about the streets 10y a band OF kids