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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-12-09
TRAGEDY IN THE JAIL At BURNS

Arthur Fisher an escaped convict
from the Idaho penitentiary was
killed in the Harvey county Jail at
Burns, Ore. last Tuesday by Sheriff
Richardson after Dan Ackley guard
from the Idaho prison had been
dangerously wounded by Fisher.
Fisher had been captured by
Sheriff Richardson and ARRANGE
ments yer being made to return
him to Idaho penitcntiary. Sheriff
Richardson was placing the"Oregon
boot on the prisoner in the
corridor of the Jail. Fisher was
standing up with n foot on a
chair the officers one on either
side being stopped over fastening
the shackle. Ackley's revolver was
in his hip pocket and Fisher
quietly secured it and pointing it
at the bent form of Sheriff Richard
so fired at his head but missed by
the narrowest margin. Ackley
quickly grappled with the fellow
and was Immediately shot through
the abdomen but cotinued the
struggle and both fell over the
stove. In the efforts to overpower
the desperate Ackley's finger got
within reach of his mouth and he
seized it with his teeth inficting
a fearful wound. In the meantime
and OF course more rapidly than
can be told Mr.. Richardson had his
gun out and was seeking an OPEN
ing which soon presented itself and
he poured six bullets into the
murderous wretch killing him
instantly.
The Coroner's jury found n
verdict that Sheriff Richardson
killed Fisher while in the ncr-
Torrance of his duty and COM
mending him for his action.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-12-09
UNION GIVES MONEY
TO THE PETTY GIRLS

The machinsts' union of Sparks has
placed in the Bank of Nevada Saw
ings and Trust company care the
sun of $1,000 for each of the two
children of the late C. C. Petty
who killed himself at the prison in
Carson City a few days prior to
the time he was to be hanged for
the murder of his wife and the
mother of his children. The union
has ordered that the money
remain in the bank until the girls
are Is years of age and that the
interest of the money be COM
pounded semi. annually. This mean
that each of the girls will receive
a handsome sum when they become
of age.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-12-09
GREAT DAMAGE By
AN ALFALFA PEST

Great damage wrought by a
wecvil, which attacks alfalfa and
which has been confined so far
principally to Utah. is causing
officials of the Department of
Agriculture at Washington 10 make
plans for a fight. This crusade
probably will be the most important
work, according to d. c. Howard.
chief of the bIreaI, vlish ne AMI
his assistants will have on hand
n ext season.
AS alfalfa is such an important
crop in many of the States west Of
the first tier beyond the Mis5issippi,
Government officials are anxious to
find some means of exterminating
the weevil. Unlike he cotton
wcevil, the alfalfa pest does its
work on the outside of the plant.
attacking the leaves and stalk.
We will try to introduce a
fungus parasite and also a
predaceous mite to fight the
weevil ;" said DR.. F. NJ. Webster.
who is actively in charge of such
Investigations for the bureau.
Whether the former can be
made TO live in the dry farming
districts where alfalfa is grown is
a question, butt can be introduced
in the humid territory and thus
keep the weevil from spreading
thereto"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-12-09

The district court convenedthis
forenoon with Judge Brown pre-
siding.
The roll of jurors was called
after width the case of Domingus,
charged with an assault to commit
rape was called. A jury was
secured without trouble and
the taking Of evidence was begun
at the forenoon session.
The alleged crime was committed
at a ranch in independence valley
on the goth of last August.
Tie trial was still goins on when
this report closed.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-12-09
PATRICK HENRY

Mr.. Henry was the man who
wanted liberty or death. He
preferred liberty, though. If he
couldn't have liberty, he wanted to
die, but he was in no great rush
about il. He would like liberty if
there was plenty of it; but if the
British had no liberty to spare he
yearnCd for death. When the
tyrant asked him what style of
death he wanted, he said that h
would rather die If extreme old
age. He was willing to wait he
said. He didn't want to go un-
prepared, and he thought it would
take eighty or ninety years more
to prepare. so that when he was
ushered into another world he
wouldn't be ashamed of himself.
One hundred and ten years ago
Patrick Henry said: "Sir, our
chains are forged. Their clanking
may be heard on the plains of
Boston. The war is inevitable.
and let il come. ] repeat it, sir,
let it come"
In the spring of 1860 | used
almost the same language, So did
Horace Greeley. There were four
or five of us who got our heads
together and decided that the war
was inevitable, and consented to
let it come.
Then it came. Whenever there
is a large, inevitable conflict loaf
ing round waiting for permission
to come, it d%evelopes on the grea;
statesmen and bald headed l~iterati
OF the nation to avoid all DELAY.
1t was so with Patrick Henry.
He permitted the land to he
deluged with gore and then he
retired. 1t is the duty of the
great orator to howl for war and
then hold some other mans coat
while he fights.-Bill Nyc
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-12-09
FOUND GUILTY OF
SECOND DEGREE MURDER

The jury in the case of John
Autenini, charged with the murder
OF j. W. Clark at M~illers, after
delibe rating for ID hours, brought
a verdict sof murder in the
second degree The verdict was
returned this afternoon, the case
having been submitted at about
midnight last night. G. b. Ports
was foreman of the jury. At no
time during the deliberations was
there a vote cast in favor Of the
defendants innocence of the
charge for which he was indicted.
1t is rep ,rted that the jury on the
first ballot stood seven for murder
The first degree. three for
murder in the second degree and
for voluntary manslaughter:
and that thereafter no change took
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-12-09

place until the verdict of the
murder in the second degree was
arrived at.
AT 10 o'clock this morning the
jury reported that they were
agreed upon the guilt of TIE
defendant, but were unable to X
the degree of murder. They asked
for further instructions from the
court, but under the law, Judge
Somers was obliged to refuse to
further instruct them, and they
then retired to The jury ROOM
Goldfield News.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-12-09
HAWTHORNE BUTCHER
GOREO BY BULL

A thrilling eXperince, through
which none but n man with an
iron c0stitution could have lived,
fell to the lot of p. Nicholas. a
butcher of Hawthorne, on Wcdncs-
day Of this week.
Gorcd by a maddcncd bull
thrown to the frozen ground and
stamped on repeatedIy-with one
leg broken in two places. back
badly hurt, three ribs broken and
one puncturing his lungs Mr..
Nicholas still managed to climb
a tree and held himself there for
tn rec hours, while the infuriatod
bull paved the ground below,
until help arrived.
Mr.. Nicholas. with a Pah Ute
Indian to assist him, was driving n
bunch of cattle to Hawthorne.
lie started from the Sales ranch
between Gignoux's and Wcbstor's)
on the Vast Walker, and had
reached the summit in tho
Cottonwood CANYON about l o'clock
Wednesday afternoon.
Just before reaching this
point a bull which was in the
bunch of cattle apparently played
out. The road was frozen and
treachcrous here and.
both to rest himself and to avoid
possibility, of falling with the
horse in case the latter slipped.
Mr.. Nicholas got down and went
! foot a little ways ahead Of the
He started to come back
when he saw the bull, that had
apparently given out. coming
oward him in maddening terror.
Nicholas turned and ran, but the
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-12-09
MURDERED FOR A CENT

A quarrel over a single penny
led to a murder in Hoboken the
other day. A man from Nebraska
who stopped at a hotel in
Hoboken while awaiting the sailing
of the steamer for Europe put a
penny in the slot of an automatic
music box in the dining room of
the hotel but the box refused 10
pour fourth the expected ragtine
tune. The Nebraskan became
indignant and upbraidcd the Ger
man porter. The latter explained
to him that it required a nickel and
not a penny to set the mechanism
of the music box in motion but the
explanation did not satisfy tho man
from Nebraska. He became
abusive and when the porter
threatened toput him out he pulled
a revolver from his pocket and
shot the porter dead.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-12-09
SHOPS NEWLY COMPLETED

What is that hear? A whist C
Oud and clear" Yes. Il whistle
calling 50 n half hlnlred men
to a new field of employment and
II that will call several hundred
men to their daily toll before the
approaching new year is very old.
II is the whistle Of the New Salt
Lake railroad shop and was heard
for the first time at 7 o'clock
Wcdscnday morning. The big
shop is nov actually at work and
the force of mcn will be rapidly
increased from month to month.
The temporary shops in Los
Angeles are now being dismanteled
and such machinery and material
as Is desirable shipped to LIS
Vegas. With the stopping Of
work in Los Angeles will come a
constantly increasing force of
mechanics for the main shops here.
The formal opening of the new
sIop marks the beginning of a new
era Of prosperity for Las Vegas
and the community is greatly
encouraged. Recent important
business deals and others that are
soon to follow indicate hat tie
opening Of the railr,ad shop has
already had a potent effect in
slim IlatilE confidence and pro-
noting enterprise. Clak County
Review.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-12-09

bul soon caught him and tossed
him on his horns. When Nicholas
aliGhtcd on the ground the bull
attacked again, stamped on i'm
r,reatedly and gored him.
After awhile the maddened
animal backed away. and Nicholas
started for a tree close by. he then
realized that in addition to his Other
injuries, one leg was broken. but he
managed to drag himscf to the
tree and Climb it.
All this time the Iudian rendered
no effective assistance but when
Nicholas was safe in the tree went
back a mile and a half TO where a
couple of prospectors were camped.
The latter came as soon as notified,
but brought no strctChcr Of any
kind. and Nicnolas explained it
would be impossible for hi m to
ride a horse. The prospectors went
back and got a mattress and
springs.
All this time-thrca hours
the bull was on guard at the foot
of the tree, but the men drove him
away, got Nicholas down from the
tree and brought him to their camp
Word was then sent to the SALES
ranch, a spring wagon secured and
the injured man brought to the
ranch, arriving about ? o'clock
Thursday morning.
In the meantime Dr.. Lcavitt had
been sent for, and he arrived shortly
after. He found Nichca.' back
badly injured, three ribs broken.
Il Of which had puncturcd the
lung, and leg broken in two'placcs
Just below the knee and just
above the ankle.
During the day Mr.. Mich olas
was brought thirty miles here to
the Artemesia hospital and strange
to say. after all this experience he
is now .resting easily and Is not in
severe pain. Mrs. Nicholas was
notified at once. and is now with her
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-12-09
DISTRICT COURT

The case Of the State vs.. Domin.
gus went to the jury late Wcdncs-
day afternoon and Thursday morn
ing the jury returned n verdict Of
guilty.
Judge Brown set Monday at !
O'Clock as the time for passing
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-12-09
GOVERNMENT AFTER
RENEGADE PIUTE


inc government mas taken IA hnnI
IN the hgnt for Qocho, the renegade
Piute Indian who 20 c,wardly
murdered Or. l.. w. Gilbert watch
man at the Gold Bag mill eight
miles below Eldorado Canyon on
the Colorado River, a couple Of
weeks ago. 1t is nov pretty well
established that Qucho also
murdered J. NJ. Woodworth.
SpccIa Indian Agent Ben De
C]rcvecOCr is the man selected Nv
Inc government to capture Qucho.
lie hguicd prominently in the
spectacular hunt for Willie Boy,
and Just recently has been aroul d
Nt''te' a55isting in breaking up a
gang OF bootIcggcrS. On his hunt
ior Oueho he will have with him
" carefully selected posse and a
number OF Indian traiIers.
Instead OF being in hiding some
where along the Colorado River,
Vneho Is now thought to be in the
mccullough Range, Is miles to the
west OF HearchIight, or beyond.
Just at inc time of the killing
d canyon fre!ghter by the name
OF Cox had a horse stolen Then
a caoin owned by o. A.. Ellis was
oroNen INTO and a pair Of blankets
and zoo rounds of ammunition
S'o,'",
an Indian on horseback was seen
Oy plrtles at the Occidental, and
morse tracks, making across country
well OIL the roads, have been found
around NOD Hill. All these signs
anu circu instances Indicate that the
indian made his escape into the
mccullough range. 1t is reported
nat n made the statement that
no had Killed Woodwork. Ac-
"oru'hg 10 MS statement he came
up 20 inc wordsworth camp and
asked Tor some beans. Being
refused ne then asked for some.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-12-09

go long wash your feet Levi
you anl L1Jiy both! Hain't you
'shamed to go off to an evenin'
party without washin' your feet?
They obeyed but as Levi took
the wash pan from a bench by the
door he said with a grumble:
I'D bout as soon stay home
from a party as to have to fix up
for IT,"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-12-09
ENGhNPMENT OFFICERS

EIko Encampmert No. 9. l.. O. O.
r., at the meeting Wednesday
night Elected the following officers
for the ensuing Germ: Chief Pat
rlarch. c b Happier: High Priest
n. p. Nelson Senior Warden. Lam
bert Henderson: Junior Warden,
j. +. Snidcr, Scribe, +. K. Kcyscr;
Treasurer, 4 w. Hcsson.
The Encampmcnt is in a very
prosperous condition.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-12-09
PATSY PATTERSON
COMMITS SUICIDE

uUHllNllu SUlu!UL
Some time Monday night Patsy
Patterson young man we'll known
in Elko, committed suicide in the
plunge bath at the Hot Springs.
He came to Elko yesterday norm
ing in No. A from Battle Mountain
or CarIln to arrange for the lease
of the Overland Hotel at Carlin.
This deal had been pending for
several days and Patterson was
trying to close it up. He called on
Frank Williams cashier of the First
National Bank and tried to get
Mr.. Williams to close the deal. Mr..
Williams informed him that he had
nothing to do with the matter and
that it all rested with Mr.. Isola,
the owner of the Overland. This
seemed to worry Patterson and he
finally iasked Mr.. Williams if he
would wire Mr. Isola that the bond
was all right. This Mr.. Williams
refused to do il and Patterson left
the bank.
He went TO the Springs late in
the afternoon and took a bath
After his bath he was shown to his
room by Mr.. Franks. This was
the last seen of him alive. This
morning Mr.. Franks called the
other patrons of the Springs but
failed to call Patterson. He
returned to the room and found it
empty. A search of the different
rooms of the hotel failed TO show
any trace of the missing man. Mr..
Franks then went to the plunge
bath and at the rear he found the
body of Patterson standing on its
feet, with the head bent down
and resting against the wall.
Patterson had evidently dived
from .hc ladder and struck his head
on the cement floor of the pool.
There were bruises on his nose,
chin and one side of his head.
His neck was evidently broken
when he struck the bottom Of the
lpool, and death was doubtless
instantaneous. A pool of blood,
was found on the bottom of the
ipool near the body.
{ Coroner Morgan was notified this
Nmorning and went to the Springs
land had the body brought to town.
sln,the pockets of the deceased, were
abound two letters, one addressed
nto the newspapers of Elko and the
vother to his wife. The one TO his
mife accused Nh. Williams of being
ithe cause of his suicide and telling
sher never to marry another man.
THE one to the newspapers reads as
follows:
Y "Elko Dec, 1910
j. Just a line to say that / am
ngoing to watery grave on account
tiof Mr.. Williams of the First
Natinal Bank of Elko.
"Mr Williams and j. IsoIa of
ACarlin Nevada have not done
Nwrong with me. But all my
friends good bye. God Bless YOU
all.
Patsy Patterson
my darling wife say good bye
D, to-
Good Bye every Body ] am to
: day a man and have lots of friends.
2 but my wife and my dear mother.
Good Bye all.
Patty"
I Both letters are written in a
! scrawling hand and show that the
z writer was laborinlg under great
excitement.
An inquest was held by Coroner
Morgan this after noon and the
verdict was that the deceased was
81 or 80 years of age and that he
came TO his death by drowning
with suicidal intent.
Mr.. Williams was the first
witness called and the substance
OF his evidence il given in dc
lore part VI this article.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-12-09

A belated traveller who was
compelled to stay all night in n
backwoods cabin says that Som
after the frugal meal a tall gaunt
youth of eighteen and an equally
sallo~ and gaunt girl of seventeen
both b%arefooted took their hats
from wooden pegs in the wall and
prepared to go out where upon the
mother taking her pipe from
between her teeth said reprovingiy:
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-12-09
TIE .HtTED9 PHILOSOPHER.

II is astonishing how many merc,e,
q i"iI stomach can discover.
Many a wowau's dentist IL resrop
fiD'" Tor her apparent ~amIabIIity
IT'S astonishing how little Won can
I'VE ON when o haven't the money
4 woman having largo diamond
rugs Is apt 70 find fault with her
gloves
Whom q lro'ty GIrl is In love she
cart understand tho fuss folks make
over their food
\ woman hasn't much faith in the
order " thingR TINT doesn't give her
q nc" dress occasionally.
Many men would like to live on
both s.dc7 NJ tho globe AT once and
run their business night and day.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-12-09
rHE. DAILY INDEPENDENT
SUBSCRIPTION t

One - %
Six Is 90
For any period under six months, 75 cents
per mouth. Payable in advance. Delivered by
carrier In Elko at rs cents per month or %
,ents per week. Issued every afternoon. sun
excepted.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-12-09

ntered at the ElKo p~ostoniee for transmission
through the mails as seeond-ciass matter.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-12-09

n Common Habit.
u ne car got ten cents for nothing
n man Is generally willing io give up
: chance 10 earn a dollar.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-12-09

". ". nooHEH. Editor Proprietor
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-07-20
NOTICE TO TRESPASSERS.

In today's issue I noticed a sketch
in regard to that "fine swimming
pool on the east side" Now I, G. A.
Porter, own the land that pond Is
situated on and I put up notice
to the effect that there should be
10 swimming in that pond, naked.
Those fellows came over here and
destroyed that notice entirely.
That pond is about 800 feet from
the main road leading to the ferry,
and in plain view of those passing
by for about 400 or 500 feet. The
boys come over there and sport
around naked like a bunch of saw
ages, regardless of who is passing
by. They also go into an adjoining
orchard and steal and destroy fruit.
Since they have abused the privi-
leges I've allowed them, l intend to
stop their swimming entirely.
have put up notices and anyone who
trespasses will have to take his own
chances.
*** G. A. PORTER.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-07-20
GET BUSY WITH ALASKA.

Alaska is causing President Taft
no little worry AS a matter of fact,
conditions in Alaska have had much
to do with the embarrassments which
have come to the present administra.-
ton. The president has sent two of
his cabinet advisors to the territory
to study conditions there. If these
gentlemen would make an impartial
investigation, throw aside preexisting
impressions and report on conditions
as they actually exist they would do
the nation a great service. Then if
the administration, without fear or
favor, when it is sure of it's ground,
would act with reference to the good
of the territory irrespective of what
effect such action would have on the
republican party, the nation would
be under deep obligations to the adj
ministration.
The following news story, which
is one of the leaders in this morn
ing's issue of the Seattle Times, helps
explain one of the causes of dissatis-
faction with respect to Alaska. 1t
says:
More of Alaskas potential
wealth in the form of little-known
and entirely undeveloped resources
is quietly being tied up for trust
usurpation, if the belief of wise men
from the north concerning oil pros
pecting operations near the town
site of Katalla is well founded.
These men believe the Standard Oil
company, in the guise of an unosten-
tatious, small investment and devel
opment company, is earnestly en-
gagged in seeking the fountain-head
of most promising oil prospects
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-07-20
FOREST FIRES ON
ENT|AT
Burned Fiercely for Several
Days but Is Now
Under Control.

Forest fires burned fiercely on
the upper Entiat for several days.
One of the settlers on the forest re-
serve was burning slashing on his
place and the fire run over his fire
guard and is now burning over a
large part of Tyee mountain. The
forest ranger, Mr.. Bolan, has had
three forest guards and large
crew of the settlers fighting day and
night since noon of the 18th to put
it out. The fire at present is under
control. Not much timber of any
value was destroyed but thousands
of small trees are killed.
Mrs. George Mitchell has returned
to her home in Malaga
The prospects for large crop of
fruit of all kinds is good.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-07-20
ROOSEVELT'S POSITION.

There is considerable effort being
made to show that Roosevelt is go
ing to put his stamp on this man or
that man. 1t is a safe conjecture
that the colonel is not going to put
his stamp on any individual man who
aspires to Office this year, but he
is going to put his stamp on ROose-
welt principles and policies. The
moral weight of his influence in this
campaign will go, therefore, to those
candidates for Office who. stand for
the policies which he advocated while
in the presidency.
In a recent interview with Judge
Kincaide, who is candidate for gov
ernor of Ohio, Mr.. Roosevelt said:
Il have never recommended any man
for office, and l do not intend to do
so this year." but he added: Il hope
progressive platforms will be adopt
ed by the various republican state
conventions this fall" This state
ment shows conclusively, inasmuch
as it is in harmony with statements
he has made repeatedly since his re-
turn to the United States, that his
sympathies are with progressive
principles but that he does not in
tend to disrupt the republican or
ganiation by expressing preference
The republican party is peculiarly
fortunate, indeed, to have leader
in the person of Theodore Roose-
welt who thinks that the average
American voter is sufficiently intelli-
gent to cast his ballot for his own
choice of candidates, whether it be
for representative, senator, governor
or dog catcher. The only danger
which confronts the republican party
this fall will be found in the attempt
of narrow partisan bigots, be they
either regular or insurgent, who are
not content to let the voter exercise
an intelligent choice, to take advant-
age of sentiment in particular lOcali-
ties to apply steam roller methods.
Republicans who have sense will
work to heal not to widen party diff
ferences, by permitting the voters to
exercise their free choice.