Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-12-27
Salmaaundi.
FROM SATURDAYS DAILY.

10. mruw vii n the s~l,Urte,i day .,
The tar
Bonnie Mcbride left for Reno last
urshl I" -pen'i the holidays.
C.nu ic s :hner, 'hr Tnropuh pc ia
,n.a., whit mg his Elko friends.
Mr.. MrIIrir- ~iltni.!, riurnrd to her
lame At B,uNdwo last uIgh'.
Ju,tge BUSn returned last right from
Ely, where Ia" las been holding "A
ssion If tho di,iuci cuurl. lie will
return after the holiday. and fini.L I'M
tic court Aork.
Brown nnd Bnr:nett, the San Fran
CISCO bunk ~wrtckcrs, were arrested Yes
tcrday ON bench warrants issued on the
indictments against uIem. Judge
Cole! fixed TIT l. bail at eco, OCO bonds
or tlO0,Co cash Both were taken u
the county j il and !ocded ur.
4 Pltteburg man oilers 5000 ,HtO for
Il seat III tie senate. Ii wOnli be a
good Investment for the COVER unent to
pay several senators thni amount to
vdcnte the scuts they now occupy
Commoner.
Tho mine owners Of Goldiield have
refused to treat with Attorney Hilton,
who was sent from Denver by President
MnNaF If thZ Ata.Inr, Ll
make II compromise with the mine
0wners. They also refu.ed Ia deal with
the local mIncrs' union us a body.
There will he 978 votes IN the coming
republican national convention to be
held III Chicago, j unc l6, 1908, making
40 votes necessary to nominate u cun-
dIdate for president. The seven ayowed
candidates with the votes Of their own
states are Hughes 10, Kuor IS, rhnnun
81, TAFT or Foraker 81, Fairbanks 80
and La Toilette 20.
Mrs. Joe Perrin, wife Of an enployc OF
tie lumber company at Hobart Mills,
started 10 walk from Truckee at 4
U'cI"c Saturday evening", IA distance OF
seven miles. She passed the roud house
"a; Prusser creek at 1870 p. ~, and short
ly alter wards lost her way ia the snow
and wandered arouni until $3.50 o'clock
Sunday mcrn:ng, when she found her
va! back to the Prosser creek road
house. Both feet were badly frozen,
but TIA" dOca'r III Attendance is Of the
"plnion thni amputation will not DE
L., ct sshry.-Euterprisc
the situation at GjIdtield remains un-
changed. Fifty strike breakers arri Ved
from california yesterday. The men
wct" guarded by detectives mud were
taken at onrc TO the temporary board
ing house at The Combination mine. 4
large number Of miners were at the
station and inT Il time u seemed aG IL
trouble coulh not be avoiicu, But be-
yond tho passing Of uucOmplimenlary
temnrko between the men, there WAS no
attempt at violence. More men we're
working in the mines md mills ytster-
day than before. II IL believed TINT "A
crisis IN the fituatiou IL near.
The Western Pacific trace between
Stockton and Sacramento will be com
pIctcd TO- ~ n very few days. the
rails are laid from Stockton to within
about "cvuu miles south OF Sacramento
and tho remaining distance will be COM.
plcted IT. u very Tow dRys. When that
n lone the ruad will have an unbrOkcn
track toward tho hay Of seventy six
mIics. Tho connecting u tho track be-
tween Mnrysvillc aud sacramento will
take n longer time, as the variOus
character ~ the land and the number OF
streams over which the road passes will
necessarily consume u greater length Of
hme.-Sacrnmcnto lee.
President RUusc volt hns ordered tie
withdrawal 0f the troops from GulIticld
on Drcemier 30tb. According tO the
dispatches. fpnnd elsewhere, tho prcsi-
dent takes the Vt and TINT tho conditions
at Col HELD 10 not warrant my further
continuance Of the troops ut nat point
and TINT none are likely To- urisc that The
state 10y tile proper exercise Of it's police
power cannot h indie. The presidents
conclusions ARE directly opposite to the
vicws expressed by General Funston in
his interview with Sheriff lugalls, when
he said that hc would not like to DO the
man to order the troops from GoldiicId.
Tho prosidcnt seems to ccnsure Cover.
nnr Sparks Tor calling tor troops, but
nolwitlluI undtng this presidential cen
sure tho INDEPENDENT believes tim;
Governor Sparks noted wisely and tim,
recent events Mt G0ldiieid have justified
his action.