Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-05-23
EDITOR vs.. rEAoHER.
ALVEY Scrap Before Breakfast this
Morning.


the INDEPENDENT giving warning to
all persons who engaged in street
fights that their names and the .caus-
es leading up to the fight would be
published. Little did we think at
that time that the writer Of that item,
the editor Of this paper, would be
compelled to publish to the world
that he was one Of the participants in
a street fight. But such is the fact
and the medicine he had prepared
for others he will swallow with the
best grace imaginable. The fight
was forced on hun and he had either
to run or defend himself, the best he
could. The fight, which was not con-
Quoted according to the rules of the
prize ring, occurred as follows:
This morning as this scribe, w. W.
Booher, came down street to the post
Office, he noticed Mr.. E. G. Snyder,
principal Of the Elko county high
school standing in front of the office
with his face to the street. No atten-
ton was paid to him by this scribe
as he passed him and went into the
Office after his mail. After a few
words with Mr.. Sherwood, the post
master, and getting his mail, this
scribe walked out and started to gu to
the Commercial Hotel to get break
fast. AS he was about stepping off
of the steps, he was accosted by Mr..
Snyder who said: 9Mr. Booher I want
to give you some good advice" On
being told that no advice was needed
or would be taken from him he got
very angry and struck a blow which
did NO damage. This scribe had his
right hand full of mail at the time
and was not prepared to defend him
self. This was thrown in the street,
however, and the fight begun in a
lively manner and lasted until the
spectators took a hand and separated
the combatants. Neither one was
badly hurt though one of this scribe's
eyes was slightly discolored. The
other fellow did not have things all
his way by any means and came out
Of the fight in a worse condition than
when he went in.
The fight was caused by the publ
cation of the following squib in
Thursdays INDEP EVIDENT: @We
understand that there was quite
a ruction in the county high school
yesterday afternoon. If things are as
represented, the matter should be in
vestigated by the Board and measures
taken to prevent the occurrence of
anything of the kind in the future"
In order that our readers mas know
just what was meant by the @ruction"
we will say that on Wednesday after
noon, after the close of school, MI.
Snyder, principal Of the county high
school, inhumanly slapped Miss Alice
Lowe, q young lady over fifteen years
OF age, three or four times In the face
with his open right hand without any
pr~ovocation whatever. At the time
we published the above item, we
could have published to the world
how thst conduct Of Mr.. Snyder was
regarded by the boys Of the school
and the measure they had taken to
show him their disapproval Of his un.
manly conduct. But this was with.
held then and will be now on account
Of his wife.
Now, 80 far as the rest Of the item
is concerned ia regard to the investi.
cation Of the matter by the trustees oil
the school, we stand by it and reiter-
ate IL and are prepared to take the
consequences of such action.
At the time OF the punishment OF
Miss Lowe, Mise George Grant, an.
other pupil, was in the room and