Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-04-26
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MIS-. Lang returned to T'enabo last
night.
Surveyor Mcclellan vent, To Well.
last night.
Senator Hunter left for Oakland last
night IN respunse to d dispatch stating
that Mrs. Hunter was very sick.
A man was run over and killed by a
train at Elburz last night. Repor,
says TINT he WIS horribly mingled.
Coroner Bruce lett on No. 4 this after.
noon TO hold IN inquest.
Constable Drake brought two men
trom Wells yesterday whom Justice
TEpiett. Ind held to appear before the
grand Jury on the charge OF stealing
Liquors from a car at Montello.
After reading the Sau Francisco
Chronicles account Of the fight between
Governor Sparks and Editor Morgan,
Col, Hyman sent the following dispatch
TO the governors: slit him agam, The
good people Of tbs state are with you"
James Cowling is in town thus after
noon. He is very much pleased with
the strike he made on Grindstone
mountain, The vein carries good values
on the iurface in gold, silver and copper
and gets better and stronger as depth
Is attained. His prospects are splendid
for developing a paying mine.
According TO advices from tile interior
f0.ooO deaths occurred the week ending
April 3 i'll India Us the result of the
plague which is sweeping nver the
country. Or this number II, were in
Bengal. The plague began last October
and it is estimated over 250, 900 deaths
have occurred since that time.
The failure of Major Miller to receive
the appointment OF bank examiner will
~disappoint his legion OF friends in this
county. The appointment was made
by "A board committing OF Governor
Sparks, Treasure or Ryan ind Secretary OF
State Douglass. The governor favored
Mr.. Miller and voted for him and Ryan
and Douglass voted for Marshall.
All trains on the S. p. were detained
yesterday bJ the washout OF Il c%ulverl
between Harvey and Beowawe. The
~eRstbound trains wer0 tied up at Beo-
wave and the xestbound ut Carlin and
Paleade. Tho damage was repaired
yesterday afternoon and traffic was re-
sumed. Tho aastbound passenger rains
passed throgh after S o'clock last night.
Col. Lyman returned Saturday after.
loon from Salt Lake, where he vent TO
purchase an assayinR cnttt. He Becur-
cd the outfit and the services, OF Mr..
George Is. harrington, An ussayer Of
many years. experience. Mr.. HarrinG.
ton is now in Elko and he will fit up the
room in the drugstore building, former
~ occupied as q barber shop, rs soon NJ
tho outfit arrives. The Office vii he first
class in every particular. .
A special diapatch from Reno to the
Carson News says that Editor Morgan
OF the Gazette aud Governor Sparks
Ind II misunderstanding Saturday re-
sulting in the lie being passed and the
editor striking the chief executive after
the latter had swung q vicious blow at
Morgan. Another report says that
Morgan knocked the governor down.
Bystandcrs then interfered and Beparat.
ed the men.
There are a number OF cases OF die
tfess in GoldHcld, men being unable TO
get anything to eat. No less than siIty
men applied at one restaurant On Satur-
dry night for a meal, and the proprietor
was unable 10 accommodate tholD, with
out running the risk OF becoming bank
rupt. In the cruwd were some hangers
ON and u number OF l~oaiers. but the
majority were miners, who we're driven
TO tho extremity Of begging for a meal.
II is five weeks siDco the lockout began,
and the savipRs OF months are dwiud-
ling awa,.-Enlerprise.
Oryin lIeerinl, cattle foreman Of the
Golconda Cattle o;apany, wns drowned
in n slough near Stone House last
Thursdsy and his body had not been
recovered of last accounts. Herring
swan his horse across the slough. but
when the horse attempted to climb tho
tank his hind logs stuck il the mud anil
no was unable to pull them ont. Her
ing jumped oil the horse and attempted
to swim down tho slough to Il landing
place. flo went but little ways wleu
no seemed ~ lose control OF his musclef
and sank. Tho men who we're working
with him e9w him disappear beneath che
water.
Mi@ Carrie Burton,a popular ,oung
lady Of GoldliUld, wac tho victim OF q
peculiar accident Saturday. She was OH
hos way TO the postofioe and just as che
reached tho entrance, Deputy Sheriff
l,lanann rode nm mi N ilursa md stOppol