Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1898-06-24
FROM THURSDAYS DA -:
s.tIN AGUSDi.
NJ. Chaser is in tow /,

John F. Gomez, a northern sheep.
man is iii town.
The new electric clocks are bt ing
placed around town.
MISS Hattie C.artc returned yes.
terday from her visit to Wells.
W. l.. Mahoney left for his home
on Gan,z Creek this morning.
Ex-senator Miute OF Belmont mr..
rived o N the delayed train today.
Miss Dora Sheclan departed for
Carson today on No. 1 to visit her
sister. Mrs. Massey.
Iii 10y is building a fence around
the lots where the fire occurred in
Chinatown.
Tn" high school commencement
exercises will be held ia Harris Hall
tomorrow night.
Tho regular weekly drill Of Com
psny Il, will take place Saturday
night instead OF tonight.
George Russell, 4. W. Uesson and
w. W. noohcr ccturne'l from the
western part OF The State this after
noon.
The Oliver Company opened ut
Harris Hall last night. There was a
large crowd resent aud the enter
tainment gave general satisfaction.
They will show here nine nights.
Tho output Of the Klondyko conn
try this year is estimated at s2c,OOG.-
600. II will be shipped in British
vessels, because II navy is engaged
elsewhere and cannot protect vessels
against p%iratcs.
superintendent Adams Of the Car.
son Mint has recovered from his late
illness sufficiently to be out ON the
street and attcud to business.
Tbs Buffalo News suggests that if
Spain really wants peace she can
easily secure it by sending a COM
mission over here on the Cadiz fleet
W" orinc that the official wuuld make
better time il he started out on foot.
The delay III No. l today was caus-
cal by Il collision between two lirht
engines last night on the grade be-
tween WndswOrth md Browns. The
engines were badly wrecked and an
engineer and fireman were badly
shaken up, but o seriously injured.
Dispatch: The rules Of etiquette
laid down some weeks ago, which
ought to govern the kissing OF SOL
diers about TO leave town. seems To
have been accepted rs correct all over
the Coast. The main idea is to kiss
ii departing soldier wherever YOU can
catch him unprotected.
Old Geronimo, the most noted In.
dian in America, cl.ict OF the Apaches
Is 30 years old. lie is us straight n,
an arrow and his eye Is piercing and
keen. When at the post Mt Fort Sill
he plays Monte, but wheD he can gel
permission To leave the reservation
his time is spent in hunting. Of which
lac is still very fond.
Some idea of the magnitude of In,
burden resting upon tho Spanish
people can be- gained 10y a comparison
with "mr own situation. Their ma,
ti"nnI debt per capita is ubnut SOL in
American money, being more than u
per cent "i the per capita wealth oI
the cu;irc nation. In The United
States the per capita indebtedness Is
aboui SD or only about ~ per cent
OF the per capita wealth Of the nation
In Spain the annual interest OF the
public debt is nearly &c per capita
III the United States it is only about
% cents.
Wddswor,h will soon he lighted hy
electricity. The dispatch says after
. many months 0f toni and expenditure
"f some thousands Of dollars the
W~adsw"rth Electric Light AMI Power
Company ia about tn complete the
construction "t the plan. and awaits
only tiie work OF the electrician and
the necessary wiring to give Wads,
worth the lights so long de.
sired. Tho ditch las been com.
pictcd and carries n volume of water
equal I" that OF a young river. With
the machinery now III u 20 horse
power will be generated. but this MAJ
be Increased at any time. the cnpaGit,
OF the ditch being much greater than
that.