Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-02-02

an ~ 4 , Ili- II al lHlil ilnSI TO-
day ~ = token 81 respect To- The memory
OF the late J. Il. Fitch.
Beginning TOMORROW the %eastbound fast
maj! that passcs here Mt ll:lS, town time,
will deliver and take on mnil. This
viii give onr people all the benefit OF
he tHsi mail service
Tho section men have dug "A canal
through the ice On The north side OF the
rniirOad track to carry the water
through the streets. IL the thaw contin-
ucs IA day ar two more, Judge Morgan
should get ont his boats.
Norman linpgooi, editor uf Golfers
Weekly, charged with the criminal libel
"f Justice Deuel. Of Town Topics. was
ncquitt"d by the jury yesterday. Dis
trlct Attorney Jerome scorchcd Justice
)cuc III his closing argument and
advised tho acquIttal OF %lIapgood.
Ten car Of west bOund freight train
No. IL !ItHpcd the track this afternoon
at Nardi. "a siding three miles east OF
Dr"'h. Considerable track wab torn up.
hut no ons WIS hurt. The wrccking
train went east about 3 O'clock to clear
up tn" ~ rrcIt. No. ; is delayed by the
w-,ri.
!. NrH York woman who weighs 2u0
pounds Tell from Il four.story window
and sat nns OF her h 'uds rather pain
fully. Tho woman who weighs 200
Tou"ds should always he careful when
sine falls from II fourth-story window
not to put out her hands where they
may come III contact with snarp thnte.
General Joseph Wheeler will he bur
led III Arlington cemetery with full
military hOnors. The tentative program
provides That the funeral shall be held at
st. johns Episcopal church in WISH
ingtGn Monday afternoon and an escort
consisting Of troops from all branches Of
the service will accompany the body to
the cemetery.
Theodore ShOnts, chairman OF the
lsthmInn canal commission. knows a
good thing whcG he secs IT. He testified
yesterday that lo il drawing $4,000 a
year from the Clover Leaf railroad COM
pany and 100000 "a ycur from the govern.
mont ns chairman Of tho canal commIs-
sion. Shonts must 10 IL friend Of
Prcsident Roosevelt.
a noted physician who recently visited
Las Vegas, Lincoln county, says the
climate ~ much better suited for tubcI-
coloeis patients than Pasgadcna and
other California resorts for the one
iungcd contingent. on account Of the
absence OF humidity IN tho AR in the
former place md advocates the establish
mcnt Of a sHnlturIum there.
The lightcst ~ European crowns IL
the state crown 81 Great Britain, which
WIS mndo Tor Queen Victoria. Al.
though IT weighed only . pounds I
ouECcs, is vuluc IN GOO 900. One en-
ormOus sapphire came from the signct
Of Edward the confct@or. In tho Popc's
treasure house are two crowns which
are valued nj EiCO,000. One OF them
WA the gift Of Napoleon 10 Plus VII,
and containa the largest emerald in
WV "'tf' i' 'All' NV tll VI NtlIftIl
Isabella 81 Spain to Plus IN, Weighs
three pounds. and in worth E2Oj, 900.
Ia 1905 the world had o II SINGLE
Ttcnmfhip on the ocean, a single mile
al railway un land, n single epan OF
telegraph upon tho continents or u
single foot of cable beneath the ocean.
la 1909 il had 5000 steam vcacle.
300 100 milca 81 railway md moro lhau
l'OoO,OOo miI"s Of land telegraph, while
tho worry continents ntc bound tOgctlICr
III Dstanstnncoua communication by
more thnn 2OO, 900 miles of occan cables
and tho number Of telephone mcReagcr
cont aggregated 5000. 00O, ZOO annually
aud II c'half ot them IN the United
St0te nlonc.
No e'mplcton over bought gold briCke
without having in himself the aerds of
hVnrIce. tho deere to got something for
nothing. Tho action Of the United
StntoS T%ostulicc Ia ehutting down upon
many kinds o. nwindlcrg doos good i,
'quashIng individual Offenders, but att
moro good IN warning the people nraius,
othcr~ offenders who feed on tho crod
silora. Good sense and good principle.
among tho people do moro than stntutcl
!" dotoat tho ealo ~ dangerous ant
foolish curo.alla aud uiOck in mine
which cIist only on paper. Tho succce
"f fraud In not 90 mucl, n reflection ur
the etatuica and thoso who ndmins,c
them M upon tho intelligence Of trous
nnds of citizcns. Exchange.
~ Cnreon diapatch to tho Gazette cay
Tint eoVcral children oi that town mr.,
aorioisly III and enc may die from IN,
effects OF drinking largo quantities o