Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-04-16

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looked all right to me, but, de blamed
cow she won't sit on it"
The evidence in the Dove case will
close tonight. The defendant was on
the stand late yesterday afternoon and
gave his version of the killing The de-
Tense submitted more evidence this
forenoon, the brother of the defendant
being the last witness. The court then
took recess until 7 o'clock this eve
ming, when Mr. Plumb who will arrive
on the Tuscarora stage and at least
one other witness will testify.
According to- the latest Chinese Of
fetal investigation the total number of
Chinese in other countries is as follows,
not including the students: Japan, IT,
673; Russia in Asia, $1,000; Hongkong,
314, 391; Siam, 2, 755, 500; Burma, 1874, $50.
Java, 1895, 700; Australia, 34,465; Eu-
rope, 1,760; Corea, 11,20O; Formosa, "a, :
5O7; Malaysia, 1,023,5OO; AMMAN, 1877
300; the Philippines, s3,7S5; Africa, g.
300; America, 272,s29. Total 6,793, 531,
The express companies doing business
in Nebraska reduced rates % lper cent
yesterday in conformity with an act of
legislature which just went into effect.
IF the Nebraska legislature has the
power to reduce express. rates in that
state, what is there to hinder the Ne
vada legislature from cutting down the
robbing rates charged by the Wells
Fargo express company in this state?
Our next legislature should look into
this matter
More than 7, 800, 900 pounds of human
beings, or over 1850 tons of humanity,
are transported through the streets of
New York every day in public cabs. In
other words, more than $4,000 different
people use hired vehicles every day to
take them about the city on business or
in search of pleasure. Moreover, &C
cording to the cab people, who have
made study of the situation, there are
fully 10, 900 people, exclusive of babies
and invalids, who never use the street
cars.
w. T. Lopp, superintendent of schools
in the northern district of Alaska and
superintendent of the government rein
deer herds, who recently came out of the
far northwest, says that there are now
10000 reindeer in his territory. The
herds began with 1880 animals taken to
Alaska by the government from 1892 to
1902, mostly in the revenue cutter Bear.
The herds along the. coast are thriving,
but in the interior, where the SHOWS are
deep and the succulent reindeer moss is
not so easily found, the animals are not
doing SO well. The government owns
about 5000 deer, the missions about 5000
and eight Laplanders the same number
The Eskimos own the remainder of the
10000.
Mr.. Ben Bennett, the young man
operating the picture machine Monday
night just previous to the fire. desires to
state that it was through no fault or
defect in the machine itself that the
blaze started. One of the reels of film,
already having been run through the
machine, was laid on the work bench
near the operator, and small electric
light which he had been using came
into contact with the film, which is
made of celuloid, causing the fire. Had
bucket Of water or something to
smother the blaze been available at
once, the accident could have been pre-
vented. AS it was, before he could stop
the blaze, it had spread to the other film
in the machine, with the result already