Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-07-29
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sALMAGuND1.

the Presbyterian church.
Mr.. Massey came up from Carlin
on No. l this morning.
Mr.. Ed Todd. u prominent Tusca,
Koran, left for New Mexico las,
night.
The President and Senate are hav,
ing a monkey and u parrot time over
the tariff bill.
The Vigilant won a race yerterday.
The score now stands o to 3 in favor
! of the Brittania.
Tho trustees of the Paradise Val
ley school have advertised for Il prin-
cipal and two assistants.
y special from Carlin thus after
noon brought up US. Attorney Jones
and lawyers harrington and Den.
mis-.
Will Smith, n Southern Pacific de-
tcctive who figured in the capture OF
Evans and Sontag, was in town to.
day.
The Silver State says: Thepresent
strike will never be settled If the rail
road company does not arbitrate the
/ matter.
Myron Pixley came down from
Starr Valley yesterday and returned
today He reported everything love
ly in that section.
\ Washington dispatch OF yester-
day says: The Democratic Senators
intend to hold Il conference at 3
O'Clock. to which Hill is not invited.
The strike situation in Oakland is
unchanged. Trains are running reg
ularly, but the strikers still declare
they will not surrender.
The attention Of uur readers is di.
rected to the advertisement OF ST.
Mary's Academy, Salt Lake, which
appears elsewhere i'll to.day's issue.
y more extended notice will appear
hereafter.
y Washington dispatch of the 2i.h
says: Mills and Smith, representing
the two extreme wings of the Demo.
Cratic party i'll the Senate, to-day cX-
pressed the opinion that the party
would get together and pass II tariff
bill before adjournment.
y hundred river steamboat men.
employed by the California Trans.
portation Company, struck in San
Francisco yesterday because of the
refusal OF the Company to grant the
customary raise of wages from S3J TO
SiOper month during the busiest of
the fruit season.
Yesterday Marshal Baldwin, at the
request of the Southern Pacific Com.
pany sent twenty five extra deputies
to Oakland to guard tho trains.
Hereafter all freight trains will he
under the protection of two deputy
marshals only. The strike situation
is otherwise unchanged.
W. Il. Griffin, route agent OF the
Express Company, was in town yes
tcrday. He informe | the INDEPEyD.
= last evening that he hal appoint.
ed \. j. Davidson express agent for
this place. The appointment is Il
good II and gives general satisfac.
ton to the public. Mr.. Griffin went
up to Tuscarora on the stage this
morning.
We learn from Deputy Marshal
Brandt, who came in from Reno on
No. ] to-day, that somebody placed Il
torpedo OH the railroad track near
the Reno depot last night and that
it was exploded by n freight train
just before the arrival OF the passcn-
ger. The explosion caused a good
deal of excitement among the regulars
stationed there.
Mr.. III. a. Young, the newly ap.
pointed captain of the guard at the
Mint, left for Carson to-day to enter
upon his duties. Mr.. Young is one
Of Elko county's best citizens and
has Il host of friends here who will
always he glad to hear of his success.
llc takes his two children with Inn
and will give them the benefit Of n
few years life at tho Capitol.