Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1901-07-19
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
sALMAGuNDi.

1904 on hand after paying all bills.
Chris Baumbach and brother left
yesterday afternoon for San Francis.
CO.
A bulletin just issued by the Cen.
sus Bureau says l0.G OF the popula.
ton Of Nevada live in the cities.
Mr.. Mayer is removing the lunch
stands put up for the Epworth Leag.
uen. lie lost money on the goods.
Mr.. George Robinson il in from
Ruby Valley to take his family out
for the summer vacation. They will
leave tomorrow.
The hot weather still continues in
the Mississippi Valley. There has
been no rain in Iowa for forty days
and crops are suffering.
Bob Rice. who vas kicked by a
horse in Mound Valley u few days
ago, came to town yesterday. He
will be all right ina few days.
1t takes from 20 to % days to get
freight from San Francisco to Tono.
pah. The delay is due to a lack OF teams
to haul the freight from Sodaville.
The town OF Marshal. Missouri,
nine miles east OF Kansas City, had a
100000 fire Yesterday. The business
portion OF the town was nearly de.
stroyed.
The time made by Reno wheelmen
in covering fifty miles in Sundays
relay race with the San Jose club,
was two hours, seven minutes and
abnut two-thirds of a second.
The Government Thermometer
showed % degrees in the shade at .
o'clock this afternoon. 1t was about
I'D. or somewhere around there, in
the sun.
a militia company has been organ.
lied at Lovelock. humboldt county,
with the following officers: Captain.
w. j. Richards; Firstt Lieutenant, f.
f. Reid, Second Lieutenant, II. T.
Riddle.
The applicants Tor teacherships in
the Philippines from this State have
beer notified thnt their applications
were filed too late. as the quota of
teachers required was already filled
from other localities.
Mr.. Stannard and Mr.. Mack re-
turned yesterday from the North
Fork country, where they have been
gathering statistics bearing on the
products and water supply OF that
section. They left for South Fork
this afternoon.
Hon. Charles \. 1owne says that
the silver issue is dead in the West
and that VIM J. Bryan is ont OF the
running for the Presidency so far MS
the Democrats are concerned. Mr..
Towne predicts that the Democrats
will nominate David b. Hill i'll 1904.
james a. YeringtoD, Nevada's COM
missioner at Buffalo, saye the New
York Express, through the exhibit
q this State has been the mean Of
the investment of capital ia the our.
chase OF Tonopah mines for 1896, 900,
the sale Of the Mckinley minea in
White Pine. and the formation OF a
company with 5000 900 capital to
develop the Vulcan copper mines in
Esmeralda county.
Tho ladies' Of the Philippines have
progressed far beyond the dainty
cigarette; indeed. their cigars. which
measure some sixteen inches, are not
intended for an evenings pleasure or
nm atter.dinner smoke. In the Phil.
ppines they prefer smoking on the
mstallment plan, for these huge rolls
OF Tobacco, which measure five inches
in circumference. constitute one
weeks pleasure for the ladies OF L,u.
2on.
The editor Of a Wamego KanD pa.
per recently attended a church fair,
where he parted with most OF the
contents Of his purse. Tho next
morning he retaliated by printing
the following paragraph. ~ church
fair is Il function where u man spends
o money than he can afford. for
things he does not want. to pleaae
people he does not liae. for the beue.
fit OF the heather, who are better off
left alone"
The owners of the Tonopah mines,
consisting OF eight locations, which
have just been sold to a PHILADELPHIA
GyndicGtc, each viii receive the FOL.
lowing amount Of the purchase price,
s33G.C0o: Frank Higgs, s2l 900, I'll
Oddie, s3l 900; W & Gayhart. s3l.5Oo.
Wilkes Brougher. $4,000; Jas l. But
Ter, s2lo.c0o. or the first payment OF
10000 each will receive their pro
rata ma follows: Butler. s3l,25O,
Brongher. 1885, Oddic, si,6s7.50;
Gayhart' si,ds7,5 o Higgs, s3,l25.-
bonanza.
Tho suggestion Of President Schur.
man that the Filiprnos he asked TO
vote on the question OF American SUI
premacy or independence il not rel.
ishcd in imperiulist quarters. Twenty
yoars hence. ono OF them epggests,th