Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-03-15

JJl IN L)uisuDa, ~ IN South DakOt
and 3GO in Nevada. For the same pc
rod there were laid 97J miles OF track.
age in Canada and ABOUT 80 in Mexico.
The condition ~ Senator Brossmer OF
Eureku county, who hns been in a criti-
cal condiuun FOR several weeks with an
attack Of spinal meningitis is about the
same. Tho disease has expended it's
force but the patient is very weak and
the chances for reco cry are about
e~ven.-News.
Miss Luella Lissack, daughter Of Mr..
And Mrs. a. +. Lissack. was stricken
will spinal meningitis while skating at
tue rink III REM Wednesday evening.
She was taken home anu lies IN u ccIti
cal condition. Mrs. Lis, acK run n mil.
linery store III + ko several year ago
and many OF our people will remember
her and the children,
lie assembly has refused to pass the
hill repeating the prizs fight law. Gov
ernor SPARKS appeared before the assem-
bly, and urged the passage az the bill,
but the lighting element was too stron.
for him. There will br Ii Nevada lesis-
lature some day that will wipe out prize
lighting and gambling and place the
state on the came plane as the rest Of
the states.
There are some people who urn gray,
but do not grow hoary; who t faces are
furrowed, but not wrinkled; whose
hearts ARE sorely wounded III many
places. but are not dead. There is a
youth that bids defiance to old aye, and
there is d kindness which laughs at the
world's usage. These are they who
have returned good for evil. Whom the
gods love die young, and they die young
because they never grow old.-Selected.
Constable Crosby OF Wadsworth
attempted to arrest Tom Sweeney Tor
selling LIQUOR to Indian Wednesday
night aud Sweeney pulled his gun.
Crosby WIS too quick for him and got in
the first shot and Sweeney was killed.
Sweeney was running an illicit saloon a
short distance from Wadsworth and was
selling liquor 10 tho Indians. The
shooting took place in Storey county.
Crosby gave himself up to the sheriff OF
Wnshoe county.
Judge Bruce is celebrating the auni.
yersary OF his birth today. Sixty one
years nave passed since tie lir0t saw the
light and he starts on the sixty.second
today. lilo has seen IA great many
chapges i'll his day, but he has remained
about the same in his conduct and in
bis treatment Of those with whom he hus
come in contact. Bat like u great man
OF Us who are puss;ng down the other
side Of the elope, the longer he lives,
the better he gets. Hs hosts OF friends
risL hun many more bir fridays.
Certainly. Make it ~llliuoy by statute.
That is, in pronunciation; spell it as us-
al. The name is OF Indian origin but
the spelling is French, like that OF many
OF our western Indian names. lllinoy
it not exactly the French pronunciation,
but 1t Is nearer the French and probab.
ly the Indian than lllinoiz. Besides, it
is the generally accepted pronunciation
among good speakers and that lie the
main thing. Arkansas says by law it
shall be called "Arkansaw" and Missouri
says that it shall DO aMiss' not sMiz."
Now let Illinois cay it shall be "noy,"
not noise" Chicago Chronicle.
Senator Oddie introduced u bill in tho
serate Wednesday, celled forth by the
labor troubles in Goldfield. 1t provides
that anyone intinidatmR a man by
: .reats or force with u view Of prevent
ing him from accepting employment
with any particular person is Il felony
punishable with a yenrs i'm Imprisonment.
II also provides similar penalties and
grade Of crime where employers boycott
or iutimidate their employees. In other
words il establishes certain rights for
both employers and employed and safe.
guards tho interests Of both sides. II
passed tho senate and Will go 10 tho
house at once.
The Goldtield trouble lie still unset.
tied. Tho committee Of safety has the
eituatiou well in hand and every posi-.
bic precaution is being taken TO preserve
order. Shortly after midnight Wednes.
dry night the committee Of safety came
Il firm decision 10 rid tho camp OF the
anarchists who have infested IL, and or.
ganiscd q posse to 20 out and get them
Tlloy took along 1870 feet Of carefully
creased rope and by twos aud thtoee tho
posse moved quietly through the streets,
tho rendezvous being the Jail, where Joe
Smith, Preston and Burns were cup.
posed to be. When they arrived at the
Jail, they wore surprised to lind that the
prisoners had been taken to Hawthorne.
Other agitators were hunted for, but
none was found.
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Gently moves the bowels and al the
same time stoDg tile cough, Boo'g Lax.