Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-05-04
SATURDAYS DAILY.l
SALMAGUSDI.

III Butte, Montana.
Clerk Dawloy hus cleaned OH, the
vault i'll his Office and covered the
floor with linoleum. Tho vault Id
now us clean ,s d new pin.
We regret to learn that one OF Mr..
|. L. Woolverton's daughters has the
appendicitis. She WAS getting along
nicely at the latest accounts.
The loss by the fire at Hull and OF
tawa, Canudu. is estimated to be be.
tween SI5.0G0,0O0 and 81. OOU, 600.
Over 1000 famll,S are homeless.
C.. a. Wittherell, formerly n prom.
inent resident Of Carson, died in
San Diego Thursday. The deceased
was n Union veteran, aged about 60
years.
VIM Newton, a passenger conduct
or on the Southern Pacific for the last
ID years. died Ill Sacramento yester-
day. lie was we'll known from san
Francisco to Ogden.
The Senate yesterday 10y . vote OF
% to : declared Senator Scott Of
West Virginia entitled to hia seat.
The case Of Clark Of Montana will bc
called up Wednesday.
y tD=naGs played havoc i'll Texas
yesterday. Tho school house, tile
Baptist church and several other
buildings III the town of Blum, sew
enty.tiyc miles southwest Of Dallas,
fatally injured.
\ woman known rs Margaret Con
nette was sold at auction within a
block Of the Federal building at Gal
weston, Texas, Monday night for $40.
The Federal o GERS are III veStigat.ng.
She had been imported from Belgium
under u contract to the ma who sold
her.
Twenty years ago Charles NJ.
Schwab went to work for the Carue.
gle iron works at Pittsburg ~ IL stake
driver at Il salary Of 81 IA day. Now
he Is president Of the Carnegie Steel
Company. Limited, and iraws "a cal
nry larger than the President Of the
United Stnics. And he il ouly 81
years old.
Tho heart that has passed through
the deep waters OF tribulation is the
most tender; the voice that has itself
cried with pain il the most gentle;
the hand that suffered ia tho most
soothing ministrant III the chamber
Of sorrow. The best sympathizer is
n who has been u partaker i'll the
same suiTcrings.-EX.
Tom Watson. the Populist candi
date for Vice President in 1856. has
been mentioned frequently Of late rs
tho candidate Of his purity for Prcsi
dent. In Il dispatch received at At
larta, Ga, yesterday Watson said:
-Undcr 40 circumstances would | nc
cept any nomination for any o:iIca.
Please remember Inc dmo:Ig the
politically dead and let me hence.
forth rest i'll peace"
1t in again ruInorcd that Il deal Is
on whereby the Southern Pacific
company il To become proprietor Of
tho Virginia IL Iruciicc railroad.
This mcans that Reno will he the
terminus OF the Southern California
shortline. Tho basis for the Inst re-.
port liz tho fact that the general mas
ter machanic 81 the Southern Pacific
paid n vlsit tho other day Ia Carson
and took an inventory Of the rolling
stock OF the rOad.-Jouroal.
y special delivery stamp Crowns mn
ordinary letter and insurcs it royal
care. II travels first clnss; the clerks
pags it rapidly on it's way; on reach.
ing destination all schedules arc dis
regarded; il II honorcd by being sent
by Il special messenger. This service
was begun in 1886 and in 1893 tho
numbcr 81 these stamps issued waR
over 100000 New York city do.
livcrcd the grcntcst number az those
letters about G93,O00. Boston came
next with 275,O00. Tho average timC
throughout the nation for delivery
from ppstOllicc to addrosscc was sew
cntCcn minutes.