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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-11-27
Sentenced to b. Hanged

When We went to press Wednesday,
John Dolan. convicted Of murder in the
first degrees, WAS before the district
court for sentence.
The proceedings opened by Attorney
Tabcr filing II motion for u new trial on
statutory grounds. This motion was
Submitted without arsumea; AID
promptly denied By the court.
The defendant was then given an
opportunity to talk. He spoke for over
twenty minutes in n rambling manner
and criticised everybody connected with
his trial. He had nothing hut bitter
ness for the man he murdered and for
the world i'll general. He finally reach
ed the period in his life who. I: wemt
to the Philippines, but Judge Brown,
who had listened patiently to Dolan's
rambling talk, quietly told him hat he
could not 20 to the Philippines with
him and that he (Dolan) had talked
long enough. There was nothing in
Dolan's rambling talk but complaint
against everybody. In his opinion, he
was right i'll everything and everybody
else was wrong. Not II word of peni-
tence or sorrow for his crime passed
his lips.
At the conclusion of Dolan's talk, At.
orney Taber moved for the arrest of
judgement on the ground that Dolan
was insane and that an insane man
conld not he legally punished. Mr..
Tabcr read Il lengthy affidavit, made by
himself, setting forth the grounds of his
application. The affidavit reviewed
mt length Dolan's mental condition rs
revealed to Mr.. Taber after his appoint.
ment to defend him. As all the matters
set forth i'll the affidavit had been
passed upon adversely to the defendant
by a jury, Judge Brown overrulcd the
motion.
Dolan was then told to stand up and
Judge Brown sentenced him to bC
hanged by the neck until dead OH the
day to be named in the death warrant
Dolan took the sentence without show
ing any emotion and with the same in
difference that characterized him dur
ing the trial. AS Judge Brown pro
nounccd the words and may God hav,
mercy on your soul" Dolan said that
pretty good or that's pretty fine
Judge Brown has fixed Fyiday, Feb
ruary 10. 1909, as the day upon which
Dolan is to pay the penalty for hi
crime. The case will probably be ap
pealed and this will !cnSthen Dolan',
time on earth.
Deputy Sheriff Harris left OH No.
this afternoon for Carson with Dollar
and Christian Scott, who will begin hi
| ll.Years' term tOmOrrOM.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-11-27

The preliminary examination of c,
Parker and Frank Murphy on the charge
OF robbing John Mansfield OH the night
OF the Goth is in progress before Judge
Bruce this afternoon.
The Oldest Greek poet has left us a
picture of what the jury WAS i'm his
time. Tho primitive c)r-S il sitting
and the question is guilty" or AT
guilty The old men of the cJ.nmu-
nifty give their opinions i'll turn. The
adJudicating democracy, the commons
standing round about, applaud the
opinions which strike them most, and
the applause determines the decision.
Such was probably the earliest form of
jury.
In the early days of Pennsylvania
there was Il law, as we learn from
documents Ill the state ;irnaIrnent.
which stated as follows: That if II
white female of ten years or upward
should appear i'll any public street. lane.
highway, church. courthouse, tavern,
hall. theatre or any other place of public
resort with naked shoulders. a., low
necked drcsses-bcing able to purchase
necessary clothing. she shall forfeit and
pay Il fine Of not less than 800 nor more
than 5000"
y Tacoma. Washington dispatch says
that whiskcy jelly made its appearance
i'll North Yakima last week, being
recommended by the representative of IL
Kentucky distillcry as II panlcca for
local laws. The "drinklcss drink"
comes in the form Of tablets or of stick
candy, and can b. chcwcd or dissol we'd
in water, its effects being sufficiently
like those of the real stuff to convince
of its power. This solidified drink is
said To he popular i'll the south, and the
III of local option laws soon to 20
into effect in Washington led the manu-
facturers 10 fad u field for it here.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-11-27
ABOVE ALL AFFAIRS OF STATE.
Small Caller Absorbed Interest Of
Grover Cleveland.

There are many stories told of our
late eX-president, Grover Cleveland, to
Illustrate his dual nature, as n man
OF iron or of velvet, as the case
seemed to demand, but one instance,
related by a man of affairs in private
often, has never until now appeared
In print.
He lad called on the president at a
late hour in the day and had discussed
with him weighty matters of policy
and craftsmanship, and was just about
to conclude the interview and take
leave, when an almost imperccptible
knock was heard upon the door of the
private office, the most interesting OBJ
ject in which Is the handsome desk
made from the timbers of Sir John
Franklinis ship Resolutc and present.
cd to the United States by Queen Vic
toria personally.
Mr.. Cleveland called: Come In"
but the soft rapping still kept up, .un-
I'll nc arose and went himself to the
uoor to investigate. AS il opened the
White House baby, then Miss Esther
Cleveland" in the arms of her nurse.
stood revealed, and her wee fist, In
The hand of her nurse. revealed the
source of the knocks.
In n moment there was n transfer:
and Mr.. Cleveland came back TO his
desk, introduced his small daughter.
and. opening n lower drawer OH the
left side of the historic desk, took
from II n handful of toys for the baby
TO play with. The friend who made
the visit said that the scene was only
~paralleled in his mind by the well.
known portrait Of Abraham Lincoln
and his son Tad, long a classic in the
Held OF domestic art
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-11-27

Patient-Your bill of 100 marks fo,
visits and 10 marks for medicine i,
nigh doctor. but I've arranged to settle
III a the 90 marks for the medicine,
anu LII return all your visits. -Fliegende
Blattcr.
n woman said to her servant. Jane.
l saw the milkman kiss YOU this morn.
ing. Hereafter. ! shall - ont after the
mix myself" 1t won't. d. you no
Sood'' the servant replied; ''he has
promised not to kiss any other woman
but me ."-Exchange.
Lon White, formerly of Cripple Creek.
Colorado. but more recently of Gold
held, where he had charge of the
electric light plant, has purchased the
Rockwell ranch, stock and machinery
IN Lalnoiile. We welcome Mr.. White rs
Il citizen of Elko county.
C':-fir-+5:;s of the re~igt;ve fortitudc
of men and women are idle rs odious.
Parallel lines never meet, as we all
Know. Still, no maj ever yet smiled
with the toothachc, while women have
been known to manifest continued
gayety under the trying combination Of
new shoes, a violent headache and a hin
sticking straight iuto the shivcring
spinc.-ENchangc.
Here are some figures from Il lumber
camp up in Greenwood which gives an
idea rs 10 the appetite of husky woods
men: There are - men in this crew.
and the cook reports that he makes
each day Bon large biscuits, $50 dough.
nuts. 30 pies, bakcs six quarts of dry
beans. with potatoes, vegetables. etc,
IN proportion. y large bacf is eaten
every five days.
The salt deposits Of Chile are the
i'll the world. The Salar
Grandc mine in the province of Tara
about 80 miles south and east of
lquiquc, cover IN area of 80, 900 acres
10 the depth of 25 feet. This body of
salt is nearly pure and contains more
than 1000, 900, 900 tons, or enough to
supply the worlds demands for many
There are several other de
poNits in the interior that cover two or
three times the area of the above.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-11-27
He Was Not SURPRISED,

Justice Brewer - l. uai!ed Sta.e=
supreme court Is credited with this by
the Milwaukee Sentinel: A millwright
was converted to the ways OF thinking
OF a sect which periodically was in.
spircd with a foreknowledge OF the
imminence of the day OF doom and
set the date, preparing for GabrieTs
greeting. The date was set and the
day came. The miIlwright donned his
white robe and went out into the fields
TO await the coming meeting with the
celestial throng. The day passed I'm.
I'll 1t was late In the afternoon, and
the millwright having arisen at the
stroke of midnight Oh the morn Of
the eventful day, grew drowsy. and.
throwing himself down upon n pile of
hay. fell asleep at his watch. BOYS
him, and. with the natural
mischievousness of boys. set fire To
the hay. The smoke and the heat
soon woke the slumbcrimg mlliwright.
and, sitting up with a start, he cried
with the anguish Of the lost: Just as
l expected! In h, after ALL"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-11-27
TRUE MONUMENT TO DICKENS
Found in His Immortal Writings, sayo
London journal.

Whether n statue should be erected
10 Dickens is the subject Of an inter.
esting article in the London Spectator.
The writer in the course of his brows.
Ing quotes from Mlcawber and says:
Every rcadersof Dickens, of course,
will be able to match his ~favorite pas.
sages against ours. The enthusiasm
with which such competitions are oft
en- conducted is the truest proof OF the
solace-we do not use too strong a
word-which such memories bring In
time of veXation, dullness or grief. And
In them-whichever they may be-de-
tachcd rs they are and properly should
be- but complete and memorable In
themselves, the true monument to
Dickens is to be found"
The monument to Dickens was
erected by himself. His characters
live forever, for they are human In
their nature, and we have all seer
them. One remembers more of David
Conpcrfield, or Little Nell, or Barkis,
or Little Dorrit. or Pegotty, or Sam.
ucl Weller. than of the others, perhapC,
but where is there a reader of Dickens
who has not fixed In his memory al
a one of his characters?
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-11-27
~Salnaagundi
FROM DAILY

All the late up.tO date bakery goods
at C0Chranc's.
Mrs. Mitchell, Mr.. and Mrs. Means
anu Mrs. Wright left for San Francisco
yesterday to spend the winter.
Germany has not said much about 1t.
nut last year shc paid 80 900 tc
invalid workmcn in the way of old.ng,
pensions.
The funeral Of Louis Sharps, Sir. oI
NuoV valley took place from the under
taxing %lnrlora at 2:3O o'clock thi,
afternoon.
DON'T forget the knights Of Pythiu
"nlco MT the Opera House on Thanks
giving eve. II will bc the hest dance q
tho season.
" Ocgan showing this morning nnt
.2n'lnncd through tho forenoon. Con
,""F"Dlr snow fell and the indication
look good for more.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-11-27

+. ). Van Leer, successor to II. p
Gnldager, Il practical horse sheer with
years of experience. will conduct a
general biacksmithinS business ut the
old shop. Mr. Rigsby will remain
anu attend to the wood work. a fair
share of the public patronage is solic-
tied.
The dc2DsitI of hIni; AM trIss CO H.
pLnies other than private and national
banks amount to 81, 900, 900, 900. The
deposits of the United States rs reported
on December I, amounted in round
figures to -, 900, 900, 900. All the money
i'll the United States would not pay
one-quarter of these deposits on demand.
Dew York World.
The preliminary examination of Judge
Hogan, his bartender and Il Southern
Pacific ~switchman. all of Monticello,
charged with stealing and receiving
three barrels of whiskcy from the
Southern Pacific company. came up be-
fore Judge Bruce this morning and was
continued until l:l5 this afternoon.
Judge Hogan has asked for II separate
examination.
Senator Clay of Georgia is one of the
tallcsT men in. the senate. and his hair
worn standing straight up as the comb
of Il fighting rooster, makes him appear
ut least we inches taller than he is.
His most distinguished mannerism is
the habit of clutching that pompadour
wildly with the fingers of his right
hand when he becomes excited, as
though he intended to lift his scalp from
his head.
The good people of Reno are very
much inccnscd owe the city council
licensing Il saloon in the residence dis
lrict. 1t looks to an outsider us if Reno
had enough saloons in the business dis.
trict for 4 city of two OF three times its
size without crowding more into the
residence district. Such action us this
by Rcno's city council will create a
temperance sentiment throughout the
1 SIille ItdI VIII cltHeT result lnnlllglpl
license and greater restrictions OH tn,
saloons or will wipe them out entirely
There isa limit beyond which the peopl,
cannot be driven IN dealing with tn,
liquor traffic.
y lady recently left 81. 900 Il year foi
the comfort of her parrot. Far NOR,
extraordinary was the bcqucst of m
Ohio gentleman, who left money for Il
cat intirmarv or s~anitarium. which was
To have rat holes for sport and ample
grounds for exercise. The sam
testator, wishing to give some consola
ton To the feline race, whom he sup
posed 10 supply the material named
catgGt, left directions for his intestine,
to be made into fiddle strings, and
these to he sold, the proceeds to be
used for the purchase of an accordion
which one of the nurses ut this cat
intirmary was to play continually for
the dclcctation of the cats.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-11-27
Should Enact Deer Law

The next legislature of Nevada should
pass Il law to protect the deer that are
in certain parts of the state. Last
week some parties from Sparks were
out in the Granite Mountain district
where dccr is very plentiful and they
report that nimrods from California
have been there and killed enough deer
to load a six.mulc team and hauled
them to California. This should bc
stopped and the next state legislature
should pass u law that all hunters from
other states should pay II license to
hunt here and limit each hunter to two
deer each season. At present u
Ncvadan is compelled to pay II license
Of $40 TO hunt in California and then
limited to two deer. a similar law
should bc passed in this state and the
people should insist that the coming
legislature does SO. -Churchill Standard
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-11-27
Chicken Has Red Eyes.

George Ladcnburgcr has n sure
enough curiosity in the possession OF
q rcd.cyed chicken. II is not the eye.
lids that are red, as might he inferred.
but the eyes themselves. The cyebails
arc not bloodshot or innamcd. but are
OF n brilliant crystal rcd. while the
sights arc also rcd. but OF u darker
hue. SO transparent are the eyes that
when the head OF the chicken Is held
between your vision and the sun It
appears as II the sun were shining
through from II eye TO tho other and
the head lighted ny inside. The chick
Is ms healthy and a see as perfectly
ms any In the brood.-Doycr (Del)
News.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-11-27

AS n matter Of fact" said the man
who was looking for an argument.
every mans life Is his own. Now. II
I took n notion TO commit suicide.
what right would you have to prevent
mc?"
Don't you think for Il minute that
I would answered the cool.nnturcd
party as be meandered on his way.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-11-27
BUILT INTO THE BIRDS NEST.
Appropriate Place for Lace intended
for Coming 6aby's Cap.

n young mother sat under an apple
tree while the blossoms fell about he?.
listening to the glad twittering of n
couple of song sparrows who were
building their nest in the lilac busi
which grew beside the fence. ST.
was f"ashioning n tiny cap of softe :
lawn aud lace, and smiling to herself
while h sewcd, after the manner OF
her kind. She was wondering what
the little face would he like that would
look out from the dainty cap of RULES
and frilIs. II was almost done EXCEPT
for one little piece of lace, which 81. q
could not ind to finish II. She hSdl
to give up her search for II, thOurh
she knew she had had II when she
put her work basket on the grass be.
side her and had gone into the hougc
To get some forgotten thing.
In the fullncss OF time her moth Jr
heart was satisfied, for her child lay
In her arms and slept upon her breast.
She carried tho babe out and sat again
under the apple tree. now laden with
fruit. She glanced into the lilac bush.
cs wherc tho birds had buiIdod their
nest In the spring and found that the
birdlings had taken wing and Il was
deserted. but Cuni;ingly woven into 1t
around the top was the lost bit of lace
for which when making the baby cap
she had searched so long In vain.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-11-27

These ure vegetable stones" snld
a g%cologist. stones, that Is, that
grow In vegetables.
Here Is IL tabashccr. II is found
In the joiu!s OF certain kinds OF BAN
boo. II Is always round and brown,
like this. Here is the cocoanut stone.
You nnd II In The eudosperm OF the
%javanese cocoanut. Round or pear.
shaped. II has always this milk.whitc
%lustcr. like n pearl. The smaller stone,
with It's pearly luster a little tar.
nishcd. is found In tho pOmcgranatc.
1t Is pure carbonate of lime. These
stones arc formed from sllicious aid
calcarcous Juices circulating ~ the
plant organism. They are the result
of a diseased condition. Man him.
self. o know. occasionally puts forth
stony growths; and they must BIO 10.
moved, or the human stonc.grower
dies In cxcruclating pai"."
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-11-27
The Business of Earmlnn-

We are just awakening TO the fact
that the value OF farm land Is rap,
idly increasing In America. Ever since
the discovery of the continent there
have been vast tracts Of %unoccupIed
land subject to free settlement until
now. We have Mt last filed up tho
continent and all the land worth till.
Ing is under ownership. We are doing
much by irrigation TO reclaim the arid
lands. but these are rapidlt filed up
as soon as they are made tilIablc.
Relieved of the pressure of vacant
lands. there can bc no doubt that the
value of farms will continue TO rise
and the value Of farm products will
rlsc with them. The present dcpres.
sion in the commercial and Industrial
world has caused no drop In the price
OF farm products. no particular dc.
crease In the cost of living; indeed, Il
has Increased. II measured by wages.
Indianapolis Star.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-11-27
Good Majority for the Police Bill

Official returns from the recent cleo.
ton show that the Police Bill carried
by Il majority of 90i votes The total
votes shows that 5000 were in favor of
the measure while 9OsG were opposed.
Esmcralda county, where the trouble
started which resulted i'll the passage of
the measure, displayed II strong feeling
against the bill by casting 2566 against
the bill and 1861 for.
The tabulatcd form shows the re.
suits of the yrt"s in the different conn,
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-11-27
Salmagundi
II TUESDAYS DAILY

The San Francisco Call is OH sale at
SproulcS' bookstore.
More o today with every indica-
ton that more is to come.
There are thirty-ninc men and one
woman i'll the county Jail. The latter
is "a sluaw who was brought from
TuNCarOra To serve a sentence of sixty
days for being drunk and disDrdcrly.
K. +. Hoy, the contractor and builder
who built the Carlin schoUlhuusc. died
III Santa Cruz ON the lith. He was a
native of Ohio and was ~ ycarc of age.
Mr.. Hoy WAS one Of the early residents
of this state.
\ flash of. lightning. followed by
thunder. startled solnc of our people
between half past 1 and ) o'clock last
evening Shortly after the thunder, "A
genuine blizzard set in and for Il time it
looked Us if winter had surely come.
Judge Peter j. SomcrS. chairman of
the democratic state. committees. has
moved to CiOldticld from Reno. Ii is
said that Governor Dickcrson will mp.
point him to one Of the iudg-hipS in
Esmcralda county. when Judge Langan
resigns.
The Sheriff of Wife Pine county has
failed to collect the quarterly license of
Wells Fargo Express company and the
county is preparing II suit for the collcc.
express company has to dig up S37.5O
every quarter in this town. The sheriff
of White Pine county has been asleep mt
his post.
The population nj the state prison is
growing rapidly. Humboldt county
sent fuur men to the prison last week
and WashOc county sent eight. Elko
county will scnd two more tomorrow.
It begins to look US if Nevada would
have to increase its prison facilities in
the near future. Why not build II
branch prison nj Elko?
The official count Of the presidential
vote in Maryland gave Taft Il plurality
of GOj, hut still six of the electors were
chosen for Bryan and two for Taft.
With these two votes from Maryland
and the Missouri electors added to the
republican column by an unofficial
plurality of i29j, Taft is assured of
32I votes in the electoral college.
According tn the report uf Chairman
Mack. the contributions to the demo
cratic national campaign fund amounted
to SG2O.GtL.i1. of which 500. llO.0G
were dislurscd, leaving II balance of
$i23i7l in the trcasurcr's hands. Tho
republican campaign fund. according TO
reports. was over three times ~ much.
Taft's brother, Charley. * said 10 have
: contributed $3.50, 900.
Judge Pike yesterday sentenced John
x. Byron. one of the mon who held mp
and robbed Sam Wheeler ON the
Virginia road last August, to fourteen
years in the pcn%itcntiury. Three men
were concerned IN the robbery. hut the
- other two were not caught. Byron
claims 10 bc innocent Of the crime. but
he was positively identified hy Mr..
Wheeler aud his daughter.
II might I've we'll 10 call the attention
of tho outside mining public to the fact
that there has not hrcn u single stock
~ notation made on Cliarcy mining pro
pcrly. says the Chnrcy News. The
camp has reached its present growth
SOLELY on i.s own production and The
ID money il circulation at this time HI
\. come from its mines and not from ont
"a side investors. This fact makes Chafc.
unique in Nevada mining camp history
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-11-27
Dialect Of New York Newsboys,

Although Irish and German boys
have largely disappeared from the
ranks OF the ~ncwsboys OF the city hall
district. their successors. Italian. Jew.
ish and Greek, speak tho dialect of
their predecessors. says the New York
Sun. That dialect was the result of
tho give and take mfngling of the
lrish.American and German.Amerlcan
accents. resembling neither. II cstab.
llshed n dialect which has imposed IL.
self upon n class. a language By itself
which the late recruits into the army
or ncwsbOys acquire sometimes by
painful conscious effort. sometimes, I'm
the case Of the very young. uncon.
s~ciously. The result is remarkable I'm
that the trained car can detect among
those who speak that language no
trace OF the Italian or Jewish accent.
so plainly observed In the speech Of
their elders. II ig n fixed lAn.tinss.
expressive. clear AMI musical. consist
Ing of about $50 words.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-11-27
STATE or ONO, CIrYoF ToLEno,l .
LJrAs COUNTY,.

LUCAS
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that
lc IL senior partner Of the firm of +.
i. Cheney Il Co.. doing business In
the city of Toledo. County nrd state
aforesaid, and tlInt snid firm will
pay the sum Of q f. IIt DRIED
DOII.ARS for each nnd every cnsc
Of Cntnrrh that cannot he cured hy
the usc Of iInll's Cuturrh Cure.
FnASK j. CHENEY.
Sworn TO before me nud subscribed
in my presence, this 9th day Of
December, \ u. 1856
(sENID 4. w. iLENRON,
Notary Public.
Halls Catnrrli cure X taken In.
icrnally, nnd nets directly ON the
blood and mucous surfaces Of the
system. Send for testimonials free
+ j. CHENEY 4 co TOLEDO. y.
Sold hy all Druggists, 7jc.
Take iIall's Family pills for con.
stipation.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-11-27
'DrayinABusiness.

Chris Eshlcmnn has started a drayinp
business. lie Is prepared to do all kinds
Of hauling, delivering freight and all
other business in the draying line. Prices
reasonable aud strict attention given to
all orders. Office ut tho Old Lumber
office.