Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-05-21

SS ASACoocO 4EOLu TUG
Winnemucca jail On Q $1,000 bond.
On March 18th he was acquitted
on the charge Of killing Edwards.
There is an indictment against him
for assault to kill Uebel. McFad-
den left ON the first train for Tono-
pah where he resided before going
to Rochester.
The Reno Gazette handles AT.
t6rney General Thatcher without
gloves for his part in the appoint
ment uf Senator Kendall and As
semblyman Mighels to positions
under the exposition board. Both
were members Of the legislature
that created the board and both
are prohibited by the constitution
from holding positions created by
the legislature of which they were
members. The Gazette's criticism
Of Thatcher for his part in the
affair is just.
OFT" Nelson returned this morn
ing from Hill Top, where he was
called Tuesday night by the death
of his brother Peter. 1t is reported
that the young man shot himself
through the head in q ft of de-
spondency. He left a widow and
three or four children. A brother
of the widow accompanied the fam
lily and the remains to Rock Springs,
Wyoming, where the interment will.
take place. Otto has the sincere
sympathy of a large circle of
friends in his bereavement.
Yesterday at the Steptoe hospital
a child five and a half years old
named Ankra Drakulich, died as
the result of a ruptured spleen
which it is understood was caused
by a railroad tie falling on the child
and crushing it. 1t appears that the
young child was playing near a pile
of railroad ties at Veteran when
n Uf them fell from it's position
and crushed the little one to the
ground. As soon as possible the
injured child was rushed to the
Steptoe hospital where every effort
was made to save its life but with
out avail.--Expositor.
Frank H. Norcross, be of the
supreme court, is lecturing before
the suffragists of Nevada. Not
satisfied with releasing Preston,
Norcross is trying to add to his
odorous reputation by chortling of
equality for the delectation of a
lot of short-haired feminists. Any
kind of advertising is better than
none, as Barnum used to say. Per-
haps the iurist would like to incor-
porate a plank in the suffrage plat
form on the equal rights Of con-
vIcts and asssssins with honest men
and pure women-Bonanza.
Thu almost constant chug, chug
and clatter Of automobiles at night
has got to be a nuisance to those
who live along the main streets. To
them it seems that automobiles run
all night. This is.no dream but a
stern reality. This ceaseless chug,
chug, and clatter on the streets day
and night, we understand is pro-
hibited in cities by an ordinance
requiring the use Of muffler. We
rall the r"attrr to the attention of
District Attorney Carville and sug.
gest that he prepare an ordinance
fur adoption at the next meeting
If the missioners.
Reports from the eastern end of
Nye county state that some forty
steers and mich cows have died
during the past week from some
strange disease which has decimated
the herds of that district. The
owners say it is not a case of loco
and the symptoms are wholly unlike
anything in the experiences Of any
stockman in that section. The loss
has been reported tn the bur eau of
animal husbandry of the University