Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-07-20
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY
SALMAGUNDI.

Work on the new hotel is progress.
ing rapidly.
Hou. Charles 4. Towne speaks In
Virginia City tomorrow night.
Little Margery Henderson is con-
sidernbly under the weather.
y. L. Wore can be found all hours
Of the night at the Senate Buffet.
Mrs. Baker Of South Fork is report.
Ell quite sick. DIR. Gardner is attend.
ing her.
Mrs. Lou Burkhart is quite sick.
a telephone message has been sent
to Mr.. Burkhart mt Gold Creek.
Sam Wheeler has been awarded the
contract to furnish the Insane Asy.
lum with 500 cords OF wood at 81 -
per cord.
Tho travelling men have mn anti
trust League numbering 10000 men.
Many OF them. who marched for Nc.
Kiuley In 1896, are walking the
streets now.
The furniture store OF G. W. Per-
kins OF Reno WIS burglarized Mon
day night and $50 or more Of coin
was taken from the cash drawer.
t'rHnk Billings, an cx.employe, is
supposed to have done the work.
The mill residence and barn Of
Greedy French, Just below Silver
City, Lyon county, were destroyed by
tire yesterday. Miss Laura French
was severely burned about the face,
shoulders, breast and back in
attempting TO save some articles
from the burning house. Her inju-
ries are sever but not dangerous.
The low stage OF the water in the
Truckcc has forced the FlOriston pa.
per mills to close down. The Reno
Reduction works have been closed
Tor some time. The farmers on the
meadows are beginning to cry for
water. By the last OF July there will
not be water enough running past
Reno to give a jackrabbit Il drink
Gazette.
at IL worth while for the Ameri-
cau people to remember that 10000
lIlIpinos gave up their lives lighting
Spain tor their Independence says
the Helena Independent. And it is
reasonable to That after help
ing us to whip Spain. 10000 more
nave died for pure c~ussedness. Only
Il fool or Il biGot would deny them to-
day the credit acknowledged yester-
day.
Yesterday representatives OF the
Southern Pacific arrived III this city
for the purpose OF securing a RICH I OF
way through a portion OF the Asylum
grounds III Reno. The railroad wishes
TO straighten ont the track ut that
place and III order to do so must run
through Il small portion Of the Asy-
lum grounds. The railroad offers to
exchange land in lieu OF that occupi-
cd by the new road bed, the land to
he equal i'll value from every point OF
view. 1t is understood that the rail
road will furnish an indemnity bond
to fulfill its end OF the contract.-Car-
son Appeal.
No religions Information was gath.
cred 10y the cnumerators in the late
census OF the United States, and a
circular issued from the Office OF the
director Of the census explains that
the data obtained ten years ago by the
Census Bureau was had through
special inquiry and not through any
questions asked 10y the eudmeratoIs.
The Director is authorized by the
last Census act to gather Information
abont the religious bodies after July
LIST, 1907, but he intimates that the
value of religious statistics IL profile.
NAUTICAL, pointing out that nominal
memberships in various denomina
tons is very misleading. Tho Direc.
tor remarks that the Government OF
United States docs not concern itself
with the religious opinions Of its cit.
liens. and this certainly ought TO be
true.