Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-06-08
r TUESDAYS DAlLY.l
SALMAGUNDI

east today.
McCrary & Carey shipped eight
cars OF borses from Elko to Eastern
markets today.
The British entered Pretoria In full
force at noon today. God save lib
crty i'll South Africa.
There will be ii regular meeting OF
the Masonic Lodge tonight. An
carly and full Attendance is requested.
Mr.. McGarvey and family will
leave for Pocatello tonight. The
best wishes OF the INDEPENDENT go
with them.
or forty students in the junior
class at the State University only
seventeen have passed the final ex-
aminations.
The members OF Ivy Rebekah
Lodge will please remember the drill
meeting to be held ut the Hall at 8
o'clock Thursday evening.
The Russian cruiser Variag, built
by the Cramps at Philadelphia is
said to have a speed of twenty
knots on the builders trial.
The Rev. divers and MB. j. II.
Macmillan we're passengers for Og.
den last night. a large crowd wa
at tie platform to welcome them.
The coul chutes at Wells and Car
lin are On fire. The Wells section
men struck yesterday and the Elko
crew vas sent up To shovel coal.
Drs. s. G. Gibson, G. II. Thoma
and J. A. Lewis OF Reno have been
appointed U. $. government exam
inrng physicians for the district Of
Nevada.
Major General Elwell :. Otis. re-
cent commander OF the American
for ces III the Philippines, will pass
through on No. 6 this evening on his
way to Washington.
Enroll Taber hos returned from ST.
Paul, Minnesota. where he has been
attending college. The Young man
will remain here for II year before
resumIng his studies.
Rev. Mr.. Mitchell took the noon
train tn Carlin To unite in marriage
Mr.. George Aaron Nuttall and Miss
Irene Isabella Ilcaton. Mr.. Mitchell
will return tomorrow.
Rev. George T.. Plummer de parted
this afternoon FOR Cortez, where he
will unite Mr.. B~crry,the assayer for
the Cortez mines, in marriage with a
niece Of Mn. S. l.. Quincy.
\ letter received this morning
from Willow Point. II humboldt county,
states that Mr. and Mn. Thomas
Stinton, formeralIy Of North Fork,
have gone to Vale. Oregon.
Tho Silver state says il il reported
that the people OF Winuemucca pre-
scented Evangelist Oliver with "A purse
OF s2iO. This would indicate tina: he
had come friends down there.
News reached this city today Of
the murder Of II squaw in the foot.
hills sonth OF Sutro Her throat was
cut from ear to ear. Further details
are observation-disclosures Report.
A Brooklyn judge has decided that
Il man is not legally bound Ia provide
for his wife's mother. However, there
10 no way To make the wife look
pleasant when tho mau asserts his
legal right.
Governor General Wood says the
system should not he blamed because
Of the Medley gang. There does not
seem to have been any system to
blame. According to all accounts the
whole Cuban postal department was
n weltering chnos.
The Fourth OF July Committee
succeeded in raising s2i0 yesterday
Tor the celebration. Those yet TO see
will probably increase the fund to
yer 400. Tho committee report n
good deal Of opposition TO the cele.
bration among those inter vicwed.
Paul Schillcrstrom. ono OF Elko
county's prosperous mnchcrs, wns
married today to Mn. Esther Schat-
fer. The bride and groom took tho
train for the west this afternoon.
They have the best wishes OF IA host
Of friends for their future happiness
In point OF magnitude mud cost the
Trans.Siberiun railroad il certainly
tho greatest engineering work OF the
age. According to figures furnished
by the Russian imperial ministry Of
ways OF communication the total cost
OF the railway will DO $500 00.O Of
which about s295, 100000 has already
beer expended.
a young Duluth lawyer, Charles
o. Baldwin. has just distinguished
himself by declining to accept u
nomination to Congress- on the
ground that he fears he will DO
elected md cannot afford to go.
This is a shining example OF devotion
To business that will 10 more admir-.
cal than initiated.
Seven Presidents " the United