Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-04-17
~Salmagundi
FROM THURSDAYS DAILY


LaFollctte has no chance for the
republican nomination tian G~OoScncck
Bill has.-El Paso Herald
Mr.. Rockefeller told Il reporter in
Augusta, Ga, that he hil v touch
ed whiskcy. Another gang has hold of
whiskcy.-MinneapoliS journal.
Five distinct earthquake shocks were
felt at Milford, Utah, early yesterday
morning. Houses We're shaken mp and
the people frightened, but no damage
was done.
There have been coined $50. OOO, 900
worth of double eagles ($2O) and 81, OOO,-
900 worth of eagles $50 without the
motto, and the coinage is continuing
and will until the bill restoring the
motto becomes IA law.
The New York democrats were still
wrangling over the seating of the Nc
Carrcn delegation mt a late hour ycster-
day afternoon. The Bryan forces
abandoned the fight for his endorse
ment by the convention.
While working in "a drift in the Black
Butte Mine mt Goldficld Friday after
noon, Harry L.. Hagen, a miner, had
both eyes blown ont, and was otherwise
injured by drilling into Il missed shot.
He Is now lying in the Miners Union
| HnSIiInl i'm "a ..pift,,l ,.,-l....
la certain towns in Germany house
holders are compelled by law to sort out
their house dust. They have to provide
three receptaclcs-Onc for ashes and
sweepings, one for cooking refuse, and
II for rags and paper. The rubbish is
utilized by the town authorities.
Bank commissioners Douglass and
Ryan failed to show up yesterday at the
meeting called by them ut which they
were to submit a plan to the directors of
the State Bank and Trust Company for
the ~re.openingof the banks. Nearly all
of the directors of the company were
present.
Fred Davis, who killed Il cOlorcd cook
in Winncmucca several months ago was
acquitted by the jury Tuesday night.
Davis plead sclf.dcfcnsc and made it
win. Judge Pike received the verdict
of the jury ut 1 o'clock "Wednesday
morning in order to catch II train for
Reno.
The motion to quash the indictment
returned by the Nye county grand jury
against T. b. Hickey, formerly president
of the State Bank and Trust company,
was denied shortly before noon today
by Judge O'Bricn Immediately after the
case had been submitted by the defense
and the state without argument
Tonopah Stn.
The miners union of the Seven
Troughs district has agreed to the fol-
lowing new wage scale: Muckcrs and
top men, 81; miners, drifting and cross.
cutting, $l.25; miners. sinking and
raising, $3.50, miners. wet shaft work,
81 (men to furnish their own rubber
clothes and boots); engineers and timber.
men. -. The agreement went into
effect last week.
a southern plantation owner supplied
his dairy hands with milking stools
which they had never before used, the
custom being to Ito the milking squat.
ting down in the old fashioned way.
The darkcy who first sailed forth with |
tho stool returned, bruised and battered
and with an empty pail. 81 done my
best. sah," he explained, "dat stool
looked all right to me, but, dc blamed
COW she won't sit on it."
close tonight. The defendant was on
the stand late yesterday afternoon and
gave his version Of the killing. The dc.
Tense submitted more evidence this
forenoon, the brother of the defendant
being the last witness. Tho court then
took II recess until Z o'clock this eve.
ming. when Mr. Plumb who will arrive
on the Tuscarora stage and at least |
other witness will testify.
According to the latest Chinese of. |
fetal investigation the total number of
Chinese in other countries IL ns follows.
not including the students: Japan. H..
Ga; Russia in Asia. 81 900; Hongkong, |
3li, 3Ol Siam. 2, 76j, 600; Burma, i3i, 500. |
Java. 1895. 700: Australia. 3i,4G5; En-.
rope. i,7G0: Corca. II, 200; Formosa, a.. |
507; Malaysia, i,023, 800; AMMAN, iO7..
200; tho Philippines, 80. 7s5; Africa, s.
900: America, 272.S20. Total 6,7O3. 53i.