Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-04-03

IL You have been dumping rubbish
on the land owned by the Elko Realty
Company, stop it and avoid ttouble.
Sec the notice elsewhere In this issue.
Judge Henry Bush, IN ole resident Of
Hamilton, died at that place Saturday
afternoon. Judge bush was one Of the
early pioneers Of Nevada.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Smiley returned
this morning from Santa Cruz. where
they spent the winter. They will leave
for their Starr valley home III the
morning.
March is dying harj. Snow squalle,
clouds, cold, piercing winds and sun
chine have ruled the last day Of the
month. As II whole the day has been
very disagr"eablp.
IL King Edward were mora OF less Of
a molIycodhle, Emperor William Huh-
enzOllern wonli now be our fret royal
addItioJ to the famous Auanias club -
Warrington He. add.
A general reduction oi 10 per cent in
the wages OF New England cotton mill
operatives went into effect yesterday in
mills employing 6,009 PERSONS. Another
evidence OF republican prosperity.
The Bulltrog Miner has the following
item about q former resident OF this
county: JOY Pollard, who was in the
hospital Tor a few days threatened with
typhoid fever, IL put again and much
improved.
The Golden hotel, Reno, was shaken
mp 10y IN explosion Of sewer gas yester-
day morning. Tho guests thought an
earthquake had struck the city. The
only damage was the breaking Of more
than Il dozen windows.
Judge Brown has been detained at
Phoebe longer than he expected to be
and will not he here to III paDnel the
grand jurY tomorrow morning. Judge
Pike will arrive from Reno in the morn
ing and remain here until Judge Brown
returne.
Fred Skinner, wiio killed Moana Bell
his mistress mt i;hy elite several mouths
ngo, was found guilty Of murder III the
first degree Saturday night by II
ropopah jury. The jury saved Skim
ner's worthless neck by liking his pun
ishment at Imprisonment for life.
The Goldtield correspondent OF the
Rhyolite Bulletin Gays that people are
leaving Rawhide in drOves and punches
so big that they are falling over each
other in, their anxiety to get ont. Other
reports frem Rawhide cay that the camp
contIues TO boon and that prospects
are better tban ever. Somebody must
be lying like sixty about Kswhide. The
reader can for IN HE own conclusions.
The leaning tower OF Pisa is peculiar
IN that it deviates abont fourteen feet
from the perpendicular, a popularity not
due to original design. Beginning to
keel over ct the completion OF the third
story, the architects deliberately ac-
cepteG the conditions and, adherlng TO
the inclination, diminished the elope OF
the upper stories 30 as to keep the
center OF gravity well within the vale.
The height ~ the tower is $50 feet. Its
cost, recKoned in Ameucan money, was
$3.50 900.
Harry Wiseman, son OF G. b. Wise.
man, formerly a resident OF this county,
has been taken from the Miners Union
hospital, says the Blair Press, to the
jail Of Esmeraldu county to answer for
the murder of Dave Wright, sccretar,
Of the Liua Miners Union. Several
months ago, WiscmRn WIS shot through
The neck in II saloon duel at Ida. He
hos practically recovered from his
wound and must nov face the charge of
murder. Ills father was formerly clerk
Of this county.
a great deal OF interest ID centered
these dnys on what was reported to be
a conl mino about three or four miles
east Of the Naples ranch in Pine valley
On the b. & p. Railway. EXperte, il is
stated, after having mndo a thorough
examination OF the property, developed
the fact that instead OF a coal mine Il
very large deposit Of asphsltum wac in
evidence. development work is being
rushed and it is thought ere long the
owuers will have something definite to
advise regarding the mine.-Sentinel
chester Gillette, who murdered Miss
Grnco Brown in tho Adirondack noun
taina, Now York, ID July -, 1906, wns
clectrocuted ut the Auburn prison yes
terday morning. lie went 70 his doom
without iliDchiuR and WAS pronounced
dead within two minutes after the
current was turned. Gillette made a
confession OF his guilt to the ministers
who attended him, After his death, the
ministers made a statement in which
they eaid that they did not deem II wise
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