Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-03-20

great constitutional lawyer aud greater
statesman! lie seems to have dropped
COMPLETELY out Of sight since the legis.
lature adjourned. Oh, what a drop!
A noiseless gun has just been invent
ed. II some device can be invented to
do away with he fellow who points the
1nnloaded' gun at people for IA joke, the
inventor will earn .he gratitude Of all
humanity.
Senator Nixon is in Ncvadi looking
after his business interests and incident
ally keeping his eyes Oh the political
situation. George L. u pretty foxy guy,
but he lis serving his first and last term
rs Il United States senator iIom Nevada.
An c~ustcrn exchange gives The follow
inI .i.npie way NJ testing c.c Place
the eggs III cold water aud al that are
sound will turn ON Il" ir siie and go To-
tire bottom. IL Il little bad, they will
False ON end, and tne worse tile e.ga,
the mvr. hey will 81 aud IN emf.
There is nov one billion dollars III
gold III the United Suites treasury, but
that does not cheaper the cost Of the
necessarIes OF life, nor does it help the
thousands Of emplo!e rs who are out II
work, caused by the panic in this rule
vi unprecedented republican prosperity.
The Henderson Bank ls still making
improvements. The latest Us putting
hnuT 4 F,,l,har ,ynr tI,a d.. E-,..
has also begun for Il heating plant.
When all the improvements are COM
pletei, there will 20 be "a ueater or
better equipped bank on the Pacific
cUilS .
Feed lOunsUergrr, "IO ciuimcd to
own II rich placer mine -. the souther IN
part Of the stHte, swiuI ii several pco-
PIE Ill Reno b! srUUig ;n,.n giIGed mug
gcts. He was arrested and the nuggets
found III hI- pCcScis were tested and
shown To he nothing bu guided rUcSs.
He has been charged with obtaining
money under false pr~eteuses.
Judge O'Brien of Tonopah has found
II. ID. Vandcrlirth, assistant cashier Of
the Safe li,nk and Trust Company,
guilty Of contempt 10! refusing to an
wcr questions bef.ic tile NIe county
grand jury. fle will tie sentenced next
Monday. The case OF Cashier Davis for
the same otTeuse was argued and sub
mit;ed to Judge O'Brieu Tuesday night.
Clarence Buck, An Idaho mining maj
entered the hank ~ JOE ). Cooke IL Co..
at GOidtirld Monday and lie 1nnded
money, claiming hat there were bill
lions due hun. lie was persuaded to
leave the bank and then vent To the
pest Office AMI made the same demanI.
An officer was summoned and Buck WAS
arrested. Buck IL II Mason and seems
rational on all subjects but money.
The largest gold brick ever sent east
from the United States assay Office at
Seattle, WIS sent in a shipment which
left Tor the United States mint Mt San
Francisco a few days ago. The brick
weighed l629 ounces, and was worth
S&,C6o.S0, and brings the shipment
from Seaiti" tC the mint up TO about
SlI 900 eco. Tie mint i'll the California
city has on hand gold bricks worth S3I3,-
0r0. C0J.-Pacitic Miner.
Ed. Williamson, the man who was
knocked down and robbed on the street
by three thugs Monday night, has iienti-
lied the man under ar rest rs one Of the d.,
y complaint was flied against tie man,
wh" gives his name ds Harry Crane, and
claims Battle Mountain as his home.
He WAS taken before Judge Bruce ana
hIs examination WIS set for 3 o'clock
tbis afternoon. The examination was in
progress when we went to press.
j. Jones, a mining man from the
northern part Of the state, was in Carson
yesterday exhibiting n fine specimen OF
rock from a point - miles north OF
FallOn. He said that the find was made
on Saturday mor1mg and that a few
hours afterwards. wheu it became known
ii #teady stream Of people set in for the
new dist ric,. When no left there on
Sunday over 300 people were in the
camp and scores more were cnrOute.
While in Carson Jones looked after a
townsi;e Tor the new Iii strici. The rock
shown carried considerable free gold
News
Secretary Fat in hia Kpn-as City
Speech said: ave ara passing into ii
realm OF irresponsible ~plutCctacy.' Mr..
Bryan sounAcd that warning in 1896 and
Mr.. Taft and lis republican friends
cf.ilrd MIR. lir,an an anarchist, an agita.
tor who would array the west against the
easl md the rich against The poor. Now,
republicans souEd the varnmg after
twelve years Of nm Unrestricted republican
rule. II MIR. Bryan was an anarchist and
an ngitator in 1886, what is Mr.. Taft,
Roosevcli's heir apparent, in l9OS2 One
10y one the republican chickens arc
cOning home To rOost.
Salmannudi.