Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-03-10
FROM THURSDAYS DAILY
Salmaqundi.


The latest from the seat Of war says
the Russians are in full retreat.
The Carson News says Judge Talbot
is giving "a series OF dinners this week to
his civic and Judicial friends.
what has become OF the bad men OF
the west?' asks the New York Sun. 1t
look as though they had been sent to
the senate, says the Washing ton Post.
The town Is very quiet and the pros.
poets for ~livelier Zines I'D the near fut-
ure are not very good. Perhaps some
thing will turn up soon to make the
world look brighter.
The South, which was the only
section opposed TO President Roosevelt
in the election, had the largest repre-.
sentation in the parade at Inauguration,
while the Middle and Far Wset,
which gave the largest majorities for,
were scarcely represented at all.
BY next summer it is figured that
Wadswofth, once the l~iveliest town
on the line Of the Southern Pacific
Ill Nevada. will be nothing more
than an abandoned scrap heap. Each
day the ranks Of the u!d-tiIuers are
becoming thinner, and before long
none will remain.
President Roosevelt is advocating the
retirement OF the grnenback. Do the
bankers want the earth? They have
stricken down silver, and now they want
to retire s3iG, 100000 more Of the peoples
money, that they mny issue national
bank notes III its stead. What the
country needs ia another Andrew
JacksoD.-Journal.
Senator Clark Of Montana, who e1-
poets always to get something for his
money. even il it is nothing more than
a tote in the State Legislature, was
much annoyed because IL penny gum.
machine in New York would not work.
by careful calculation he spent 5000
in time in getting II cents worth
Of gum. But he got it.
The Colorado legislature is still strug.
CLING ovor the Adams Peabody contest.
On a test vote yesterday to ausiain the
chairs ruling on a point Of order, Pea.
body's friends were only able to muster
iorty-two votes, while there wero fifty
two against him with three ab5entees.
1t tRkes foTty.ninc votes to decide the
contest. The voting strength OF the
democrats is thirty. one.
Tho mystery surrounding the death OF
Mrs. Stanford is still unsolyed. The
Honolulu police are Of tho opinion
that il Mn. Stanford wus murdered
the guilty person il in San Francisco.
While the San Francisco police have
not dropped tho Investigation, they
admit that none OF the former memb-
era Of the household will DO further
watched aud questioned.
Assistant Cashier Jerry SheOhan Of
the First National Bank and associates
have Il fine prospect Elk miles north
~ town. They are boring into tho
bowels OF old Mt. Winuemucca, aud
il tho prospect holds out with develop.
ment hs now indicated. Mr.. Sheehan
will 10 scratching his head with the
hand Of n millionaire to decide how to
invest his money proiitably.--SiIver
Stntc.
Tho general appropriation bill as
pissed by the Legislature cnrrics Z i0O, 600.
This il about tho same amount appro-
priatcd two ycars ago. In addition TO
the general appropriations, there have
special appropriations made TINT will
raise the totnl amount appropriated to
uyCr 100000. THIS seems like n good
deal Of money Tor the few people IN No
vada TO dig up for running u State gov
ernmcnt two years.
Roy CrOwoll, a stepson Off. Is. Rickoy
OF Carson, committed suicido ut Tono.
pnh ut 4 o'clpck Tues lay morning by
shooting himself through the head.
Tho shot was fired in the state Bank
building. Crowcll had gore 10 Tono
pah 10 accept tho position 81 assistant
cashier u tho hank Of which bis stop .
father was president. Cro1ell was a
Carson boy, aged 90 yeirs. An affair
Of the hear, is supposed to have been
! tho cause 81 the suioide,