Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-02-18
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mending the work being done at the
state university. .,.. 49,.
Work on the interior of the governors
mansion is 80 far progressed that the
furnishing will probably be completed
by the latter part of March at least.
Charles Kaiser, the Indian who
murdered his squaw in Gardnerville,
escaped from the Jail at that place.
Monday, but was captured after q few
hoursiberty. III I,
AnSaged man familiar with the .peoS
pie of the metropolis says that nothing
seems to astonish a. New York man as
MUCK as to find some desired purpose
which cannot be accomplished by
money. .u,..1i ;".ss.. -
Itis now said that the anti gambling
bill may not be reported tothe assembly
until Friday and it will probably be
made special order for Tuesday There
Promises to be lively fight on the
ps yssage of the bill 80 ~
Geronimo. the noted Indian chief,
died at Lawton, Oklahoma, yesterday.
His band of Apache Indians sent many
pale faces to the happy hunting grounds.
He died at the fort, where he has been
confined as a prisoner of war for the
last 30 years. ,''.'. ....
We have received copy of the
minutes of the meeting of the state
board of assessors held at Carson on the
II and 18th of January. The minutes
give stenographic report of the pro-
ceedings of the board. The record is
not one that majority of the board
can point to with pride.
The Masons have accepted an invita-
ton to attend in body the patriotic
service in honor of Washington's birth
day to be held in the Presbyterian
church Sunday evening. Prof. P. q.
McWhinney will deliver the address
and special music will be rendered
Everybody is invited to attend.
A KTpcky woman soundly thrashed
her huA, Ind because he failed to pay
mig subscription to the country paper
Gfter she had given him the money.
he editors of the land should chip in
and purchase for her a gold-mounted
club to be used upon the brute when
occasion demands. -Lawton (Okla. J
Democrat
Constable Ouderkirk requests us to
state that he is determined to break ND
the business of selling liquor to Indians
He wants all who have been furnishin g
liquor to Indians to note this warning
and stop the business at once. IF they
do not, he intends to arrest and prose
cute them. If the men. engaged in this
work ever read the papers, they will do
we'll to heed this warning as Constable
Ouderkirk means business
President Roosevelt has succeeded in
having Delavan Smith and Charles R.
Williams, publishers of the indianapolis
News, and Joseph Pulitzer, Caleb NJ
Van Hamm, and Robert Fl. Lyman of
the New York World indicted for libel
for publishing the so-called Panama
scandal It now remains for Mr..
Roosevelt to prove his case. He will be
out of Office before the trials are had
and will be subject to the same treat.
Knent on Che Stand as other witnesses.
The trial win probably be Che most
sensational ever had in this country.
The municipality OF Paris is rbout to
ask for estimates Nor lthe winding up
and supervision lof its clocks The task
of looking after the municipal clocks Of
Paris is.a somewhat formidable one and
costs the city on an average Of $12,O
$4,000 for the clocks in the Hotel de
Vile, its annexes, and the communal
schooH OF Paris, and $4,000 for those
which decorate the facades of the public
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