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

Major Miller received official notice
this morning TINT the bank commission
held a meeting yesterday and accepted
his resignation to take effect April Let.
At Inst We are beginning to lind out
lai has heen the matter with Gold
licld. |. seems the place is lousy with
lnp ANTS and they are now going In
c'ran them out.-Rhyolite Bulletin.
The United States supreme court has
u!avrlY decided that woman is in a
class by herself IL u it comforting to
bnve the highest judicial authority
confirm What all Of us have always
knowB?-New York Herald
The preliminary examination OF
George Dove began yesterday after noon
before Judge Bruce and was continued
until 2:3l o'clock this afternoon. At
that hour, the e~xamInatloo WIS again
continued and will hereafter De con-
tiuucd from day to dry until next Thurs
day, when tn. witnesses are expected
from Coll Circle. The examination
will then continue until it IL completed
John K. Walsh, the Chicago bnnk
wrrcker, was yesterday sentenced to five
years imprisonment at Fort LeaveL-
worth on each count OF the indictment
uf which he was convicted. The sem
fences to run concurrently. Judge
Anderson also directed that Walsh pay
the entire cost Of the trial. walsk WIS
Admitted to bail III the sum Of SJ0, 0l0
pending his appeal to the United States
supreme court.
Tho old wagon, i'll which John Brown,
whose -soul goes marching Oh mHde
many pilgrimages during his crusade
against slavery, WAS destroyed by lire
Thursday at Iowa City, Iowa. Brown
left tho wa !on there forty-cight years
ago, and it has been preserved since
that time by Herbert S. Small, II news-
paper man. 1t III now III order for some
long haired poet to p%erpctuatc the old
wagon III poetry.
h funeral Of the infant child of Mr..
Il Mrs. Dan FRANKIE, who died Thurs.
day night after an illness Of only II few
hours, took place from the Presbyterian
church ut > o'clock this afternoon. Rev.
Geo:ge ii. Greenfield spoke comforting
words to tho bcrchvcd parents, after
which The rcmHins were borne 20 the
cemetery and lnih away. May the
thought thnt iii, ir little QUE Eweclly
sleeps III the arms 81 It's Savior tighten
the burden Of The sorrowIng parcnts-
The attorneys Tor /. Il. Hickey, the
indicted cx-preaidcnt Of the Slate Bank
and Trust Com pnny, appeared ~ court
yesterday nnd had - ]subpornHs issued
for Witnesses. These witnesses include
every member Of the grand jury, the
bank commission, the Lunk examiner
and all witnesses who testified against
Hickey at the preliminary examination
II is sHIi thni several members 81 the
grand jury weT. dcpOsitOrs III the busted
bnnk. Thus ~ one OF the gruund- on
which Judge Llnsnn will Toe asked to
tct ual,Ic the indictment.
Tho entire business section Of Big
Timber, Montana WAS wiped out by tire
ycstcId day. lhu lire started about ten
o'clock III the and 10y uOun the
busiucss S-c:Iou had been dest rO!rd and
the entire force Of citizens was engaged
IN trying to cave the residence section.
The population ~ the town Ii 1000 md
the los liz estimated at from a 900 900
toSl 30 600 No loss Of life was reported.
AT O'Clock, the tire waa not under cou-
trGl and the wind wns blowing a gale,
Ala WAS being sent from Livings,on
and Bpzcinnn,
Carl Brown, the young mnu who wa
brought from Los Angeles tn answer to
the charge Of horse stealing, WAS re-
leased from custody last night. lie
played III extremely good luck III cscnr-
ing II term III the pcumtentiary. NJ those
acquainted with the case against him
have nc hcsiiancy III declaring their b."
lief in his guilt. II il n fortunate thug
for him tim, the witnesses whose cvi
dcncc was rcli al upon Ia convict hum
failed to maize good. Brown left for
Guldteld last night. HIS experience
hcrc should he "A Lesson Ia him in the
future.
Dcpuiy Superintendent Andorson re-.
turned lust evening from Carlin where
he lins been vlsitmV tho schools ~ Tint
town Tor two dayI. tie reports the Car
lin schools ~ dong M good work M
can he expected from The uniavorablc
conditions thu: confront them. Carlin
experienced u dip,hcria epidemic Inst
tail TINT closed tho schools Tor seven
weeks. Tho echools in turlin, like many
other schools Oi the state, urc suffering
from the inability OF Gray, Reid md
Wright OF Reno to establish book do
p%ositorica in ,his part Of Ncyada accord
ing Ia their agreement with the book
publishers. Tho text book commission
of Nevada ought to scc Ia il that the
toxt books arc placed "n sale in each
county sent Of ne State.