Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1901-06-28
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY.
sALMAGuNDI.

lHe war B costing Grenl
Britain 1,250,C00 pounds weekly.
Wero it not for the noise at the
water tank the town would 90 to
sleep.
Mr.. Loring left last night for
Sacramento. He takes with him the
best wishes OF a host Of Elko friends.
Marco Medin, q Comstock pioneer.
died in Butte City on June 9th. He
was u prominent figure IN Virginia
City twenty years ago.
The Ohio Republicans have nomi-
mated a full State ticket, headed by
Governor Nnsh. Boss Hanna con-
trolled the convention and Foraker
danced when Hanna pulled the
strings.
Within the last six months forty
six buildings lots have been sold at
Ely, White Pine county, and the
News says that by the close OF the
season the amount OF money invested
there in buildings and improvements
will exceed 1900 600.
Two Rio Graude railroad bridges
were burned between Florence und
Pueblo Tuesday night by incen.
diaries. Attempts were also made TO
fire three Others bridges. 1t is be-
lieved that persons Who wish to
wreck treins were the ncendiaries.
The evidence in the mining case
was closed this forenoon and the at
torneys held the floor for n greater
part OF the afternoon. The jury will
wrestle with the case after the court
ana attorneys are through. The owl
dence is very contradictory but the
jury will probably straighten it out,
The temperature last night got
down to the freezing point and ice
was formed. Freezing weather in
the latter rart Of June is something
unusual in this section. 1t would
hardly be fair to charge it TO Me-
hinley's administration, still there
would be us much sense in that rs to
credit it with the discovery OF gold in
the klondikc ind good crops in Kan
sGs.
Alice Stone Black well, the woman
suffrage leader, in an address ut Chi
cagO said, thereafter the American
woman must cease 10 be a hen,
which could do no better than cackle
and scratch, She must cease to be
Il mere nightingale. that a only
iced her young and MARBLE. She
must be the eagle mother, and her
slogan must be: Woe betide the
male chicken hawks winch swoop
upon her offspring"
Judge llawley set July 10Th M the
time for hearing the application of
the Southern Pacific Company for an
order restraining the assessors from
assessing the railroad at $4,000 a
i"ile. The Carson News says the
Southern Pacific will endeavor to
> show that the valuation is excessive
and that the action OF the Board OF
Assessors was illegal. The State will
maSr II Utrong defense aud the case
may he carried to tie United States
Supreme Court.
There is a string tied TO Cuban in.
dependence that seems to jerk it
back every time it appears to be ap.
preaching contamination. President
Mckinley opposed the war to FREQ
Cuba until forced by the Democrats
and public opinion to withdraw his
opposition, md now every scheme
that can be devised is thrown in the
way Of what the war was tonight for.
Ia Cuba never to be frecg
y young man named y. s. t-ocht
WIZ arrested IN the vicinity OF the
schoolhouse ut Reno Saturday night
and charged with disturbing the
peace. 1t wos learned that the young
fellow was suffering from neuralgia
OF the head and that he became
crazy when one OF tho attacks camo
on. When discovered and arrested
by Constable Lccper, he was trying
to cut his throat, and had almost sue.
cecdcd. lie appeared In court this
morning, md upon the nature OF his
trouble being made known no was
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
a man named John IliIdcrbrnudt,
who came here about three weeks
ago from Frisco, died in mis- room at
tho Mungerson lodging house on
Tuesday night, no one beng present
at tile time, tho body beng found
Wednesday morning. Tho deceased
was between thisty.llv and forty
years Of ago and wns n victim OF con.
sumption, the disease being brought
on, il Ia believed, by tho excessive
use Of cigarettes, says the White
Pine News.
500 Reward 800.
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