Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1901-08-16
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY
sALMAGUNDI.

town today.
Mrs. Carroll went to Battle Noun.
tam this afternoon.
Mrs. Wallace leaves for California
tonight, to be gone abont two months.
Horace Coryell and Mr.. Badt are
down from Wells. Tho former is a
witness in the cattle killing case nuI
the latter came down to look on.
Both report good prospects, for Wells.
The work OF wiring the State Treas.
urer's office in the Capitol is about
finished. II is a very complete system
and will make the State Treasury
practically burglar proof.
Reports have come from authentic
sources that II. 4. Cohen. the geuer.
nj manager OF all the DeLamar mining
properties, has been discharged. The
fault was that Mr.. Cohen did not buy
the Tonopah mines.
Rear Admiral Mortimer l.. johnson
c~ommandant OF the Port Royal Navy
Station, has been selected to succeed
Rear Admiral Sampson as command
ant OF the Boston Navy Yard. on &c
count Of the la,ter's i'll health.
Tho death list reported in the papers
as the direct result OF the recent
heated term is estimated at not less
than 20O0. New York reported near.
ly 1000, Philadelphia 100 and so OH in
other cities. So many fatalities raise
1t almost to the proportions Of a ma
'lonHl calamity.
Judge lIawley's decision leaves the
assessors Tree to assess the railroad
as ether unclassiiied property is as.
sess9d. There should be no partial.
ity shown it, neither should it be as
sessad more in proportion than other
pr"perty is assessed. All taxpayers
should be treated alike.
The Calistoga and ClearLake stage
WIS held up by a lone hIghwaymar
near CalistOga, Cal, Wednesday noon
Twenty passengers we're for ced TO
surrender their money and jewelry.
The highwaymau took the express
box, aud it Is thought he made a big
haul. Money to pay a force OF minere
lis said to have been in the box:
An illustration Of the growing
demand for athletic clerg! me- was
recently gwen by Il country c%uratc,
who, says the London Telegraph, re-
ceIved notice to quit because he vas
NOT Il good cricket player. Though
nnexceptIonal in other respects, his
vicar declared that -what this parish
really needs is Il good. fast bowler.
with d break from the Off"
II Is stated, aS g result at n confer
enre held at Chicago Sunday be.
tween Roswell Miller, Mr.. Hays. Mr..
lIomax and Senator Clark. officials
respectively Of the Chicago, Milwau-
k's and st Paul. the Southern Pacific
The Union Pacific and the Salt Lake
los Angeles road, now in L of
construction, that Senator Clark will
he gwen uninterrupted right of way
for his road between Salt Lake and
Los angeles.
Ih"l'inchc Record states that theDe
Lamar Company now has a bigger
body Of ore in sight than ever. The
ledge runs down through town. Pre-.
parh;Ions 'Or the altering OF the mill
are now gong on, and when the mill
liz completed it will have in machinery
for both wet and dry crushing. With
railroad facilities near at hand the De
Lamar company will be able to pro.
cure cheap fuel and can then work it's
low grade ores, mud DE Lamar III tho
future will be us lively q town as
heretofore, il not livelier.
The idea prevails that skyscrapers
are Of modern American origin, but
Professor Lanciani declares that III
ancient Rome. rs early as tho time o.
Augustus. buildings 10 or II stories
high were common. Later they are
believed to have been much higher.
rivaling II most modern apartment
building in size and height. 1t il
well known that mt Cunstantinople
the Emperor Constantine found his
view of the water cut off by the eky.
scrapers erected between his palace
and the water front, though he had
placed his palace on high ground.
The Reno Gazette doubts the re-.
port TINT Governor Sadlcr has ap.
pointed Thomas V. julian District
Judge aud says Mr.. julian knows
nothing about it. Tho INDEPENDENT
published tho item on tho best OF
authority and is nav able to corrob.
crate it. y prominent citizen OF tho
Stntc informed us today that he had
II con vcrsation With Governor Sadler
Saturday in which the Governor
stated that he was being urged by
people in the western part OF tho
State to meIio the appointment. On
Monday morning before leaving
Eureka this citizen IN informed that
the Governor had made the appoint
mcnt and wired IL to Dir. Julian.
THIS should remove aoy doubt the
Gazette may have.
Arrested for killing Cattle.