Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-08-16
lFRoM TUESDAYS Daily,
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Mrs. J. II. Williamson will speak Oh
equal suffrage at Freeman Hall to-
night. Go and hear her.
Chicago's City Directory for 1896
weighs ten pounds and indicates II
population OF 1,T52,00O.
The L. Il. NJ. team ran away this
forenoon. No damage OF any con
sequence was done.
Bryan and Sew...> -,~ally
notified ut Hadisou Square Garden
Tomorrow. BryGn's speech of at.
cep;ance will sound the keynote OF
the campaign.
At a @barn raising near Batavia.
New York, ut which ~ farmers were
present, a straw vote WIS taken.
Sevcnty-one were out-spoken for
silver, the other man being on thu
fence.
Hon. Geo. W. Baker seems very
much displcased. says the Gazette.
= the fact tina. the Silver party
Of Nevada insists in maintaining it,
organization. lie thinks they should
get into the Democratic camp.
Editor Bragg Of Reno visited the
p~cnitentiary last Saturday and this il
what he says about ii: EVERYTHING
in and about the institution show
careful and Intelligent direction. ana
the place was never better run than
under the management Of Warden
Henderson.
I;-veillo:-Wc understand that
effort is being made III Austin to
organizes Il Re, ublican County Cen
trai Committee. The object and the
need of IL Republican Contra! Com
mi,tee in Austin is Beyond our com.
~p,ehension. Who will join:
Thomas Haikatt and Joseph Porter
the men arrested Tor attempting 4"
wreck II passenger train west oil Ken"
Il few LAY ago, are having their pre-
iiminary examination. The evidence
is strong against them and the Officers
say they have the right men.
Kansas City TLme-:-it every man
votes for Mckinley whose wages
were raised during the existence OF
the Mckinley net, and everyone votes
against him whose wages were lower
ed, he Will not carry Il single u of
the manufacturing states.
Tho Gazette says the Republican
State Committee as ~reorganiZrd vii!
nuke Il strong team i'll the coming
political campaign. Ii will
the light on business principles, IN an
honorable way. Speakers Oi national
reputation will stunt the state aud 1t
is proposed tn make II vigorous cam
paign.
Mrs. j.. X. Williamson OF Austin ar
rived this morning ana will speak III
Freeman Hall this evening on cqunl
suffrage. The meeting will begin at
$ O'Clock sharp. Mrs. Williamson is
Il very talented speaker and IN earn
est worker in the Of woman SUI
frage. She viii interest all who favor
her with their presence mt the hall
Tonight. Turn out ana hear her.
o. ". Winthrop, accused OF kid
mapping james Campbell, the aged
millionaire, was arrested i'll Oakland
yesterday. lie was disguised as an
old man, weuIing green glasses II
hobbling along with II cane. Clip
pings of newspapers continuing nc
counts of the disappearance Of Camp
bell were found III his pockets md
SGO III gold were found concealed on
his person. Winthrop protests his
innocence md suya the affair was the
greatest hoax on record.
Tho people Of the East suffered III
~tcnsely from the heat ycrtcrday. AZ
Q o'clock there we're seven prostra-
tious and seven deaths in New York.
In Chicago the heat was terrible OH
the lake from; and in the quarters
where wealth and plenty nhoundcd,
but IN the povcrty-st rickcn tenement
districts tho agony was nv full to
contemplate. Ambulauccs and patrol
wagons were Oh the run all Sunday
night bearing victims Of the hcHt To
the hospitals.