Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-12-20

ih !" Ia elected from II train ut Verdi
and accused VI bav.uR stolen his ticket.
lsal Beltram, convicted Of murder IN
the first degree at ronopat, has been
sentenced To life imprisonment in the
penitentiary. Beitram killed Alfredo
MARINE at the Bonnie Glare mine III
Nye county " veral months ago.
Tho new Hoe double ociuple presses,
with ii combined capacity Of 200 900 six
teeh-page papers an hour, are bemR
added Ia the plant Of the New York
World; also u Hoe m%ulticOlor press that
will pnnt III us muu, Ius eleven colUrs at
one time.
Don't for get the sale to be given ut
Leonard Hall tomorrow night. 1t will
be q splendid opportunity to buy useful
and beautiful Christmas presents. Re.
%ireshuepts will DO served md a general
good time will be hid. Take it Ill.
According to the latest reports, every
thing is quiet in Goldtield. SO far there
has been no lawlessness Of any kind.
The reports OF men being deported and
women beaten by union miners have
proven false on investigation. General
Funston ID investigating the situation
and IL prepared to meet any outbreak.
The barn OF Fritz Scblsht,a prominent
raucher near Genoa was burned to the
ground Friday about l o'clock and five
horses we're cremated III the blaze. In
addition TO the horses there were about
forty tons Of hay iu the place which was
| also consumed. The barn was a large
~commodious affair and worth consider
able alone. The loss will amount to
s5 900 or 10000.
IL is claimed by statisticiana that four
titths Of tie men and women who ac-
quire distinction, who do great thtnRs,
are country bred and horn. This B an
astonishing per cent-clear out OF pro-
portion TO the birth rate OF the count!
as compared with that Of the city. lhr
| ceason Tor this must be found Ill III,
pure air, the sunshine, the freedom oi
action und thought, the close proxiu't!
to nature-the simple life the city knows
not OF.
II any citizeL VI the State OF Nevada
has a mIning claim OH railroad land, he
should bear i'm mind that the United
States issued patents to the railroad
n,x .nra n.Yn nnyT lima nm
most Of tho land. After the expiration
OF Elk years from date OF tie patents, no
suits Gun DO brought against the rail-
road company Tor such claims on any
ground, Tor the statute Of Limitation runs
after elk years from the date Of the pat
ents.
During the recent struggle in MoToc-
20 the Moors one day found III their
camp at Casnblanca III unexploded
shell und wishing 70 find out how 1t
worked they summoned their Inost pro-
iicient arinorer, who, although he knows
everything about hand guns, is most 'g-
nerant in REGARD to projectiles. This
man thought that the best means OF OPP
ennR uhe shell wac to use Il hammer Al
tho second blow the shell exploded,
killing and woundng many of the
Moors who were crowded around nm.
The committee OF arrangements on
the Christmns tree held II meeting
Saturday night n decided that no
presents should be placed on the Christ
mas tree Tor II Uhndren ~ E.ho, e1-
cept those furnished by the commit
tee ON presents. Tho committee alr'
de eided that children under Iw"
years OF ago should be entitled Il
presents, and that parents OF ~vlsit'Ds
children might hang presents Oh the
tree, but that all such presents must be
given to the committee or presents
Everything Is working along smoothly
and The prospects are fine Tor n chill
dren's jubilee OIL Christmas eve.
Tho police Of Reno arc looking Tor Il
man named John Lorraine, who III
Wednesday night robbei a siclt maj in
the Peoples hospital III THE town. Lor-
raino had been en- ployed ma Il %janitor i'll
the hospital, and when the sick mn was
brought TO tho hospital he happened to
be IN the room nlono with him. Tho
patient took hiH watch and cham, about
800 in gold and a diamond stick pin
valued at $50, and handed them to Lor-
arine 10 give to the matron OF the hospit-
nj. Lorraine took them, but instead Of
giving them 10 tho matron, occurred his
coat and hat md left the hospital and
has not been seen since.
Tho fret Of the now gold coins Of the
ten aud twenty iollar denominations
made their appearance in Ely today.
From M artistic standpoint, they are
decidedly inferior to the old. On
siie appears tho hend Of M Indian
| with a worrior's headgoar and a sluaw's
face. On the other an eagle, which Il
nature iakir might be excused for mis-
taking for a turkey buzzard which had
Toasted full on cBrrion and was IN the
act Of stretching itself to mako room for
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