Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-03-14
S4AMACUNDl

Francisco tomorrow.
Major Miller received official notice
this morning that the bank commission
held meeting yesterday and accepted
his resignation to take effect April LIST.
At last We are begin uing to find out
what has been the matter with Glld-
field. II seems the place is lousy with
hop Iolnts and they are low gong to
clean them out.-Rhyoite Bunetiu.
The United States supreme court has
grsvely decided that woman is in a
class by herself" Is u it comtor ting to
have the highest judicial authority
confirm what all of US have always
kuown?-New York Herald .
The preliminary examination OF
George Dove began! yesterday afternoon
before Judge Bruce and was contiu ued
until 2:30 o'clock this afternoon. At
that hour, the examInatloo was again
continued and will hereafter be con-
tinued from day to day until next Thurs
day, when tba witnesses are expected
from Gold Circle. The examination
will then continue Until it If CON pleted.
%ohn r. Waleh, the Chicago bank
wrecker, was yesterday sentenced to FIVE
years imprisonment at Fort LeaveI-
worth on each count of the indictment
Of which he was convicted. The sem
fences to run concurrently. Judge
Anderson also directed that Walsh pay
the entire cost of the trial. Walsh was
admitted to bail in the sum of $4,000
pending his appeal to the United States
supreme court.
The old wagon, in which John Brown,
whose "soul goes marching On" made
many pilgrimages during his crusade
against slavery, was destroyed by tire
Thursday at Iowa City. Iowa. Brown
left the wagon there forty-eight years
ago, and it has beer preserved since
that time by Herbert S. Small, a news
paper man. 1t is now in order for some
long haired poet to perpetuate the old
wagon IN poetry.
The funeral Of the Infant child Of Mr..
and Mrs. Dan Franks, who died Thurs
day night after an illness Of only few
hSere, took place from the PrcsbJ teriar
church re O'Clock this afternoon. Rev
Geo;ge Il. Greenfield spoke comforting
words to the bereaved larente, after
which the IT mains were borne &C the
cemetery AID laid away. May th"
thought that the ir little one aweetly
sleeps in the arms of its Savior Tighten
the burden Of the sorrowiug parente.
The attorneys for I. B. Hickey, the
indicted ex-president Of the State Bank
and Trust Company, appeared in court
yesterday ind had 80 shbpoehas issued
for witnesses. These witnesses include
every member of the grand jury, the
bank commission, the tank examiner
and all witnesses who testified against
Hickey at the preliminary examination
1t is said that several mem bers OF the
grand jury were depositors in the busted
bank. This ID one OF the grounds on
which Judge, Lansan will be asked to
set aside the indictment.
The entire business section OF Big
Timber, Montana was wiped ont by fire
yesterday. The fire started about ten
o'clock in the forenoon and by noon the
business section had been destroyed and
u entire force Of citizens was engaged
In trying to cave the residence section
The population %: the town is 1900 and
the loss is estimated ut from Il ,0OO,OLO
toS1 ,250,000 No loss of life was repor ted I.
At O'Clock, the fire was not under con.
troll and the wind was blowing q gale.
Aid was being 8. nj from Living 81 on
and B,zemaD,
Carl Brown, the young man who was
brought from Los Angeles to answer to
the charge OF horse stealing, was re-
leased from custody last night. He
played in extremely good luck in escap-
ing a term in the peulntentiary. as those
acquainted with the case against him