Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-02-17

quarters Tor some time. lie called Mt
this Office this Afternoon and Impressed
the writer na being n very pleasant
gentleman
James wilkins, a nephew uf Joe
Carroll, died at Battle Mountain yes
teriay. The boy received I'm injury
when he was four years Of age tliat made
him unaolc to care for himself. Durins
the last nine years he has been tenGerly
cared for BY Mr.. Carroll's mother. Death
to him was n release from suffering.
There is nothing 80 embarrassing us to
laugh at the wrong time. When Con.
gresham Clayton, Of Arkansas, in
speaking on the Swayne case, said:
The tree is known by hp fruit" his
colleagues Uttered. Pausing until quiet
was restored. Mr.. Clayton said, quietly:
4Ihe Bible says his not 'its.'" And
it does.
A Carson dispatch says a railroad be-
tween that city and Gardnerville
II Douglas county is m assured
fact. The survey Of the route
began yesterday and construction
work will begin IN the spring.
The road will pass through the heart
of Carson valley, one OF the richest farm
ing sections on the Pacific coast.
The smallest plurality recorded i'll
my state III the union since the found-
alton Of the government was that OF
Maryland, which on November Z gave
Roosevelt a plurality OF 81. The vote
in Senator Germans state WIS: Roose-
welt l99,497, Parker, l09,ii5. Roose-
welt got one Of the eight electors for
the state, Parker getting the remaining
seven.
\ company has been organized i'll San
Francisco TO haul ore from GOldtield to
Austin to be shipped over the Nevada
Central. The distance from Goldfield
to Austin is l25 miles on an air line, and
the claim is made that ore can he hauled
to that point and shipped more quickly
and at less cost tlan it can be hauled to
Tonopah and hen shipped by rail out OF
that camp.
Three tons OF ore from the Cimmerone
claim have been shipped Gy express.
The ore is estimated to be worth from
$4,000 to 10000 a ton. 1t was taken
from the shaft ON the CLAIM i'll sinking
to a depth of twenty feet. The ore va
found 10 be 80 immensely valuable that
no blasting was done. it being mined
by hand and sacked and sealed to
prevent loss.
Peculiar complications developed IN
a divorce case in New York city. Hus-
band and wife employed tho same de-
tective to Spy upon each other and
both fear to press the case lest the
spotter might tell all he knows. Mean.
while the spotter isn't saying a word
and his drafts are promptly honored
by both employers. ate an ill'wind
that blows nobody good"
II IS doubtful il q congressman ever
got a more thorough skinning on the
floor Of the house than Congressman
Sullivan gave Hearst Monday. Sulli-
VANS speech, rs published in the
Examiner, shows that he did not
mInce words in showing up the crstwhile
candidate for president. Willie evil
IDENTIFY tread on the toes OF the wrong
man when his papers attacked the Mas
sachusetts congressman.
There is not n single democrat in the
Michigan Legislature. while those OF
Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida and
South Carolina are composed entirely OF
democrats. There is one Republican in
tho Alabama senate, one in the senate
Of Georgia, ono i'll the Texas house and
ono in tho Arkansas senate. TO match
these there is a lone democrat III the
North Dakota house and one in the
Pennsylvania senate. The solitary re-
publican in Texas was elected over Il
democratic saloon-kecper in n district
which Parker carried by IA vote Of
almost three to one.
Burton Gable, a bright little lad .
years old, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Lester
Cadie, was nearly burned to death to.
day shortly before noon. The little
fellow was standing near while his
mother was building a lire preparatory
to getting lunch, Unknown To his
mother he picked up some matches
and then went out in the back yard to
play. But II short time had elapsed
until the mother heard the little fellow
call. Upon gong 10 the door Mrs. Cadlc
was Mortified to sec he. little boy run.
ming toward her euyelo2ed in flames.
She clasped the little fellow in her
arms and exiting uishcd the flames Will,
her garments, but not, however, TN ii
he was noarly burned to death, and her
W arms and hands terribly burned.
The child's hnnds were literally roasted
and his body wHs terribly burned about
the shoulders, neck and face. Dire
Lewis, Woods. Walker and Hood wore
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