Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-02-20
SALMACUNDI

re venue collector Is In town looking al
ter Uncle Sans business.
The state board Of capitol commission
ers are making plans Tor the removal OF
the state library to the new building.
Mr.. Ramsdel will take a fiashEght
photograph Of the final chorus OF Pauline
this evening and next Saturday he Will
take photographs OF the different groups.
Great work has been done by Mr.. Fair
banks in demonstrating that full vice
presidential term dose not necessarily
lead to obsc Washington Star.
Tie is no further occasion to rack the
mind by trying to- remember his name.
After AL it is sufficient distinction to re-
fer to him as Gladys Vanderbilts hue-
band Washing ton Star.
Joe Harris wired from Reno yester-
day that he had secured the requisltiop
for Carl Brown, now in Jail at Loe
Angeles, and would leave for that city
/ JRst night. Brown Is wanted here for
Stealing horses.
The Reno police and Wells Fargo de
tectives are still hunting for the man
who stole $1,000 from the express COIN
pany. The chances seem good for their
not catching him. Reno needs a thief
catcher very bad.
The Nye county grand jury has made
partial report in which the manage
ment of the State Bank and Trust Com
pany lis handled without gloves. The
jury found many eviden ces Of rottenness
In the affairs of the company.
Mr. j. M. ErvIn of Mountain City is
in town. He will leave for the east ID
the morninR to preach the gospel of
Nevada to the people of that section.
Mr.. Erwin is very enthusiastic over the
mining possibilities OF northern Elko
county.
Judge LaDgan Monday. sentenced
George Gibson, recently convicted of
involuntary granddaughter at his second
trial for the murder OF Richard MaunselI
MGoldfeld, to serve three years in the
state priSon at Carson. Judgment wac
PRONOUNCED after an extended motion
for new trial and an arrest Of judg-
meDt in the case had been made by
Senator Morehouse and denied 10y the
court.
The preliminary examination Of T. B
Ric"ey, ex-president of-the State Bank
and Trust Company, came to an end
yesterday and he was bound over to ap-
pear before the grand jury OF Otmeby
county With bonds fixed at 10000. Mr.
Hickey gave the bonds at once and was
released from custody. The special
grand jury called by Judge Langan to
investigate the affairs of the company
meets at Carson today. 1t should do
it's work thoroughly and well.
The experience of Lord Wolseley OF
the British army, has been such that he
has always made it "a rule to allow, whep-
ever possible, the soldiers under his
command one pound Of tobacco month,
which he considers fair allowance, and
with the use Of which he finds the sol.
der does his best work. In Italy the
military authorities recognize tobacco as
t11e Of the comforts essential to troops
fhd cigars are served out to them with
their daily ratione.-Washing Herald.
A large crowd Of Knights of Pythias,
Pythian Sisters and invited guests as
sembled at Castle Hall last night to cell
citrate the anniversary of the instit u tor
OF EIko Lodge No. Is. Tie time was
pleasantly spent III playing gamee, dan.
cling and oocial con versation. After their
appetites had been whetted up to the
right point, all gathered at the tables
and slowed away the good things.
The amusemepts were kept up to an
early hour this morning W hen all retired
to their homes well satisfied with the
evenings enter tain ment.
Bank Examiner Miller testified at the
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