Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-04-26

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helped her home. The lady's injurie.
are painful but not oenoua.
Great difficulty is experienced IN eln
panellinR IA jury to try Preston and
Smith in Hawthorne, charged with killing
John Silva in Goldield. Preston will
plead s~elt-detense and Smith entire
Innocence. Judge Lanyan startled
spectators in the court by ordering that
every attendant in the room shall be
searched before entering, for concealed
weapons.
Monday morninR Albert Santo, a
passenger or the third section Of No. /
committed suicide at Battle Mountain
by throwing himself in front OF II witch
engine on the Nevada Central. just be-
fore he stepped in front Of the engine,
he remarked that hs would cOmmit
suicide at the first opportunity. He
WAS on his way FROM Peoria, Illinois. to
San Francisco.
By u notice elsew here 1t viii he seen
that the trustees have Withdrawn the
notice for a special election ON me 9th
OF April. They also give nos tuar
because Of defects in the special Act
they will proceed under the General
School Bond Act passed by tile recent
legislature, as 600 as d certified copy
Of the law can be procured,
Clarence II. Mackay has sent Miss j.
+. Wier, secretary Of the STATE Histori-
cal Society, II check for $500 as his CON.
tributiOn TO the work OF the society.
MIR. Nackay Is the only one Of the de.
scendants OF the Gmstuck bonanza kings
their money III Nevada - ::ve u dollar
to any institution III thus state. The
people OF Nevada have ii warm place in
their hearts tor mm.
ls9lLe capital commissioner are asking
tor bids for tile constructor Of the gov
ernor's mansion. The bids will close on
May 18th, and the mansion must be
completed by December lst. The COM
m~lssioners concluded not to conatrurt a
$4,000 mansion, but will expeud 90, 600
Tor the construction Of the buildings;
$4,000 for Tie furnishings in the man
sion and 5000 for placing the grounGs
III condition.
Monday the San Pedro, Los Angeles
aud Salt Lake railroad filed s%tipnlauoDs
with Clerk Edwards OF iederul court in
Carson, permitting d Judgment to be
taken against the corporation without
contest in two suits filed against the
company for violation Of the safety
appliance law. The action Of the COM
paDy Monday submitting to The fine of
500 Ill each instance Of each suit, is
more farreach:ng thar the mere settling
OF the case rs it is a iacit admission
that the safety appliance Iaw is c0nstitu-
tional and binding upon every ros in
the country of an interstate character.
Mr.. r. IL. Conner formerly black
smith, at Fort Halleck, who is on his
way from Winnemucca to Albion, Idaho,
stopped over this morning to visit his
old friends ID Elko. Mr.. Conner left
Elko in 1887 and this Is his first visit in
twenty years. He put in the day visit
ing his old friends. He found many
familiar faces, but many he knew
wenty years ago are peacefully slesp.
ing on The hill. Mr.. Corners home is
in Quin river valley. Ho is the father
OF fourteen children aud. although his
hair is streaked with gray, he is hale and
hearty, He will remain in town to.
morrow, aud hopes to meet many more
Of his old tune friends.
Harry Day, who is to take charge Of
tho prison on the first Of May, has stir
red up a hornets nest because he insists
on selecting the men under him, Sec
rotary OF State DougIass wants the new
warden to give Assemblymen Fellows
and Smith Il place to pay of a political
debt and Col, Day buckle. On account
Of this, friction has developed in the
board and il ia said Douglass will make
q combination Will Attorney General
Stoddard and appoint some one III Days
plnce. The Appeal saws an effort will
be made to induce Stoddard to get in
line with Governor Sparks and clean out
the prison slate from end TO end aud put
none but democrats on guard, The
I~SDErENDEHT believes that the people
OF the state are behind Day and 1t
hopes he will stand his ground and That
Mr.. S;oddard will stick to him.
George IT.. tIall and W. G.. Wright ar
rivod from Grants Pass, Oregon, Mon.
day night. They are looking over this
field with the view Of starting a samp.
ling works on n largo scale. They
gpont yesterday in looking for a location
but were unsuccessful. mf. Mcbride
mot them Inst night and put in a portion
Of today in an effort To secure a location
for them. Thoee mon have plenty OF
capital behind them and tho chamber
Of should assist them in
securing n suitable location Tor their
samplmR works. n Il location can be
secured and the business pane out no
these gecntlcmon believe II will, thirty