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

\ meeting II The Republican, STATE
central conn ittee has been ",ils.i at
the Riverside Hotel, Reno. go t'.!i,vu.
18th for determining tn" tir" place anil
manner " sell 1t ',n delegates to tn. IL.
publican National
United States District Attorney Sum.
nieifiuli has received word fnm the
commissioner Of the general land OF.
Ace i'll Washington instructing him To
bring 10 frr,inr pr"-"d'u"s against
Miller Il IT, x. az 'r,""t. H. the firm is
complying. Mr.. tho Law us rapidly rs
possible.
Mrs. Grant arrived fro Ia Sun Francisco.
last evening VI ~ the reuIaiDs Of Ray
mond. She wsvn urrrmuanied by Miss
Georgia and iiu,ii. a delegation of
friend+ met the ~ At the train end es-
corted the remains to the family resi-.
dence. The funeral will take place
from the Presbyterian chr rch tomorrow
afternoon Mt . O'clock. Friends and
acquaintance are respectfully invited
to intend.
DIR Leonard brought to this office
yesterday q rare curiosity in the ehupe
of a book On as,rology. written 10y Henry
Co!ey and printed ,nLondon in 1916. 1t
was sent to him by Judge Henry Rives
OF Salt Lake who bought il along with
II lot Of other books. The volume is full
Of quaint sayings printed in the type in
use over a hundred years go. The DR..
will send It. to Ann Arbo: University
to rest with his collection OF curios ut
that institution.
Onr of the prisoners pardoned by the
State board Monday was August Ger
ems, who had been sent up from Reno
to ian.uish fifteen months III the State
bastiIc for selling whisky Ia Indians
Gerens no sooner obtained his liberty
than he made for the railroad Office aud
purchased Il ticket for New Jersey, and
thus lie will have put abput as much
distance between himself ami the scene
OF his downfall us is possible.-Carton
News,
DR.. Gardner informed the ~lNDEPES-
DENT this forenoon that there had been
Sc vernl cases OF smallpox in the McCon.
nell family on Spring Geek and that
one Of the children had the disease now.
He also said that there had been cases
Of the di ease in Luther Buffers family
i'll LnmUillr and That neither had made
the disease known. This Is not fair
| tr.nfp,nnt ~ ,lun rnsf NJ tb. u.Itnif "
and is not the proper thing TO do. Dr..
Gardner went out this afternoon to fu-
migate both piaces.
\ few days ago II well-knnwn young
man OF this city wont to II dentists otlic e
to have Il couple teeth pulled, but us he
became very ner"ous the tooth doctor
sent for a C~1m8tocker who has quite a
reputation NJ a hyypnotist. The latter
went to the office, and after making GOO
goo eyes at the patient put him under
his Influence. lie then told the young
man II would not hurt him to have the
teeth out. nnd as the two teeth came ont
the patient said he Eel. no pain. Thus
docs the Comstock set a new mark in
scisrcc.-Enter prise.
George Dove, one Of the Tuscarora
stage drivers, got into Il row Monday
with b. d. Page, the hostler mt Sixteen
Mile Springs, md beat him up consider.
ably. Page came to town and swore ont
n warrant against Dove, who has failed
to show up in town since the trouble.
Constable Mccoy t~elephoned this morn.
ing to Constable Douglns to arrest Dove
and bring him down if he would not
come alone.
Senator Morgan introduced a bill yes
terday to annex Panama to the United
States. "The rights and property Of
Panama resting in the United States
without reserve" The bill appropriates
sl0,O00.G00 as compensation to Panama
for it's c~cssion, places 3d. 900, 600 Mt the
disposal OF the President for tho com.
pensatiou OF Colombia and apPropriates
sG0,O0U, 900 for the purchase Of the prop
erty OF the new Panama Canal Company
in Colombia. including Panama canal,
1t is especially provided that the pro-
visions OF the bill shall not nave the Of.
feet OF repeating the Spooner Act.
Sheriff Lamb arrested Charles Wallac,
charged with passing bogus checks, nj
Cane Springs yesterday and took him
back TO Winueinucca. Among his pos
~sesions was n small grip filled will
papers, cancelled checks, deposit b ok
receipts books, etc, which indicate,
that he had done II large business las
year. Wallace admitted that he had M
money on deposit to pay the checks h
had drawn, but claimed that no la'
made arrangements with the cashier q
the bnnk at Joseph,O Oregon, to honor hi
checks. Immediately after his arriva
at Winnemucca, no telegraphed to ]
Albert Wurzinler OF Joseph, Oregon, I
, place 300 to his credit in the Wall
Walla National Bank ~ lc was a~rres'ot
No anawer lind been received when Oh