Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1898-10-14
IERoM SATURDAYS DNlLY.l
ALNIAGUSD ID.

Harry MAYER left last evening {,
accept IL position in liulio City.
Pat Shcri Ian mml John ljroderici
had u t%isticuiT OH the stite,s this fore
noon.
Assemhlyman Smiley is IL tow q
this afternoon. lie reports every.
thing quiet IN Starr Valley.
The delay in No. / today vac cnus,
ed by Il fire in the sn~owsheis on lie
Sierra Nevada mountains.
w. G. Tompson OF Storey count,
ID Just the man the people should
elect for State Treasure. IIc will
salty guard the States cash.
Albert Butler Is expected 10 urrive
from the fcver stricken catnp Of cuba
Libre on No. . tonight. Let us turn
out mud give the young man a ROYAL
welcome home. Let everybody be Mt
the train.
a remarkable tale OF human fccun.
dity Is told 10y the London Daily
News. An Italian peasant woman
named Granata, married nj % years,
has borne 81 children. She began
with Il single daughter, followed by
six boys ai II birth. then by five more.
and these By trip!c,s twice and TOM
ut II birth, After this she limited
herself, like jordinnry women, 20
single babies and twins, bmt wound
up with another batch OF four.
Controller LaGravc came du%n
from 1uscarora last night and re-
manned ~ town today. lie is making
II hustling fight for re election rs IN
independent candidate. He is run
ming on Il platform Of two planls-
free coinage Of silver and home rule.
lie says there is no room on his plat.
form for any other candidate, bu,
plenty OF room for thousands Of good
oncst Voters. We tried Ia pump
him on our chances for long term
Regent OF the State Uuivcrsity, but
he WIS non.cnmmit,al.
Senator Chandler Of New Iiamp-
Tliire visited WASHINGTON last week
mud ditcusscd the political situation.
Tie Post reports him Is caying that
Republican mnjoritics will be greatly
reduced this fall from 1896. though
lie hopes Ia sec It Republican Com
grcss elected. He admits that mis-
takes have been made in ilie manage
mcnt OF the war, and predicts that il
tle Republicans give up bimetallisni
mud advocate recommendation in 1890.
while the silver forces demand the
RECOMMENDATION OF silver, yet rccog-
niZc tile possible necessity uf chang
ing the ra.io to % or 22t to |, the Re.
publicans will lose :hc country.
y creamery company at Chicago
Inns obtained patents for Il substitute
egg. or egg powder. For some time
the oilicinls ott]ls company have been
making experiments with one Of the
by-products OF milk. They feel con.
fdent they have obtained II natural
food product which has practically
NIL the qualities that have hitherto
made fresh eggs indispensable in the
hands OF the housewife. More ilan
that, it ia claimed the new product
has oil the nutritivc qualities of eggs.
md these III double the ratio they
are ionnd in the yolk Of the egg it.
eolf.
Tho Investigations Of the United
States weather bureau prove that
there il no ~reasorahl" gaoUnd Tor The
common and wide rrrad fear ~
lightning. Taking last ycar's Figures
II appears that the al nncc that amy
Individual will he killed by ii tiiur-
dcrbolt during the next twelve
months IL only ono in I9O,GO7. Out
OF every three persons struck ly
lphlulHR lNo ruINlNc una u
Ones prospect Of dying by the kick
OF n horse III about 30 per cent great.
ar. In New York City alone :-lNo pcu-
pile are drowned, 100 ARE burned or
Bcalded To death aud 800 come Ia an
untimrly end 10y falls in every year.
There 1t ." truth in tie report
published in the SilIcr State tia,
Lieutenant Charles Henderson il is.
ing at Jacksonville. Florida. Mrs.
Henderson received u letter this
morning from Mrs. Arthur G. Cum
mcr, at whose house Charley ~
stopping. stntipg that hC VIVA about
the same and is having the rare and
attention of trained rurscs night and
day. The letter WIS written luet
Sunday morning md says that Char.
ley pissed II GUttd night and was then
sleeping. Mrs. GUNNER has imstruc
tions TO wirn Any change for the worsc
in Charlcy's condition aud ag no
word hns been received since the let.
ter wns written, il IL evident that
Charley IL, holding his own il not
Rl0wly improving.