Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1901-02-01
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY
sALMAGUNDI.

Walluce's new ad.
Gold quartz. assaying $500 to the
ton. has been found III the Klondike.
Mn. Casper win leave for San
Francisco tonight to spend the win
ter.
Paul Adams is under the weather.
He was compelled to quit work this
afternoon.
MIR. .Mallet. a bookkeeper, arrived
yesterday afternoon to accept rosi-
ton With the w. L. Smith Com pany.
Mr.. Sherwood is painting and
paperGng the new hall. 1t will soon
he really for the dedication exer-
cises.
The coroner's jury that investigated
the death Of Il. L. Copeland. the
Reno attorney, found that his death
was acct Iential.
One Of Mr. Clintou's little boys
has the mumps. Unless care is exer
ciscd on the part OF parents, the
disease will surely spread.
President Mckinley has asked Con.
gress for sl0U,UOO to pay Ter Sibutu
and Cagayan islands. in the Philip.
pine archipelago, recently bought
from Spain.
In dividing the profits OF Christian
iz.ng China, it is believed that Rus
STA will consent to take the territory
and let the other nations have the
converts.-Milwaukee Sentinel.
Senator Towne delivered nh elo-
quent speech III the senate Monday
ON the Philippine situation nun mt it's
close was succeeded by Senator
Clapp. who WAS recently elected.
On account Of the narrow space
allotted to locomotive engineers IN
the long clipper butt engines now
beng produced OIL eastern lines,
lennness Is beng cultivated by fire
men who look forward u promotion
some day.
Mr.. Garaghan has a sample of
coal taken from II mine in Grassy
mountain, near Phoebe. says the White
Pine News. Several hundred acres
Of this coal land have been located
nv
Two veins already disclosed show "a
width. one OF about four and the
other Fix feet.
1t looks like Tonapah is to be the
central point for tie customary
sprung mining excitement and rush.
Specimens Of the ore which have
been examined are of the variety that
made people wild over White Pine,
They have ab ut as much weight OF
horn silver as Of rock.
For the first time in our history all
thu government flags in Washington
were this week half masted for the
death Of II foreign ruler. The order
was given by President Mckinley rs
Soon rs he was officially informed OF
the death II Queen Victoria, and the
trst flag to be placed at half mast
was TINT on the White House.
The journal says Reno has u well
developed ease OF smhlipnx and the
Tribune save there 10 a case at Luy
lock. Pc auuuDs have Deeu taken
al DO h plnres l." prevent the rpread
OF the diAensc. Evidently the Journal
and Tribune believe in gIvng tile
lie M whatever the effect ma bc III
-trade and commerce.
The entire territory to the east nt
the Andes in South America is rich
i'll minerals, says Explorer Conway
Gold. silver copper, tin and Other
metals are there II vast qu utilities
qu utilities 30 great as to make thnt
region in the future mure pro lurtivc
of precious metals thun ci,h,r tire
T-ansvHal OF the Klondike.
Tho present Legislature don't seem
to he amy Improvement over it, pre-.
decessors SD far as adjourumenis, ARE
cDnccrnGd. Over u week Of tho ses.
sion has passed aud nothing of bcne-
tit 10 the State hns been accomplished
outside " killing tie lottery scheme.
Fewer adj Nurnments and more work
would sound better to the taxpay crs.
If we say to the Filipinos that we
will not consider their case until
the! go down pom their kmeeE, lay
their hands upon their hips and their
lips III the dust, this war will 20 on
IL there III Il sparH Of spirit and prin.
ciPlo in their brcdsts-uutil every
Filipino NJ ono sex is exterminnted
and until the women among them
take up the fight and are extermin
ntcd hlsO.-Senaior ilOar.
4 travelling evangelist who posted
q "Prepare To meet Jour God" sign on
Il Henry county farmers gnte recent.
ly. wHs greatly surprised upon re-
turning Il few days later to lind that
the farmer had put the religions in
junction to his own use. Tho revieed
Yersiun ~ the plHcard read: "Pre.
pare to meet your God IL you leave
thus gate Open.'-Exchange.
This morning the INDEPENDENT re.
Ceived u box from Chicago. cOntuin
ing material for tie office, that
weighed but thirty pounds. The