Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1901-11-15
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY
SALMAGUNDl.

" II. fulton came up from Keno
thus morning.
Three monster new engines for thu
Southern Pacific Company passed
west this Afternoon.
Joseph Phillips is in from Bullion
tie says that work III progressing
rapidly at the oil well. The latest 10
port Ii that the well is down $50 feet
The wilkesbarre. Pa. woman who
Ragged II fast tram on the Pennsyl,
vania road with her red petticuat
simply wanted to know il it was time
to start the kettle boiling for dinner.
DIR. Stubs is making arrange
ments to hold a Farmers institute ut
EIko n the Goth and Dist Of this
month. The program will appear n
Il few days.
Rev. George +. Plummer has &C.
cepted IA call 10 the Rectorship OF the
Episcopal church. Mr.. Plummer
will arrive Friday night. Ills many
friends here will extend him a
cordial welcome.
Rev. Mr.. Webb will he IN Elko
Friday night to organic. Il Good
Irmplars Lodge. All interested III
the movement are requested to meet
IN the MIzpah Hall ut 7:3l Friday
nI=ht this week.
When President Mckinley di ID,
the government owed him SlS5j. \
warrant for that Amount was drawn
yesterday by the Secretary OF the
Treasury i'll favor Of the admins.
traitors Of the estate.
Charley LnrIng was nm arrival from
sacramento this mornIng. Ills CON
ing AT this particular time has started
uIhL y Il query rs to his business here.
No matter what 1t maybe every body
Is clad to see him. lie will remain
III town Il few days.
\ TracheB' institute will he held
at Wad~worth ON the 18th, &c n and
18th OF this month. An instructive
program has been arranged aud d
/ profitable session il expected. The
teachers Of EiKo county are invited
Ia attend.
Michigan capitalists have secured
c"uIro! % three hundred Thousand
acres at timber land near Mitchell,
y. NJ. This tract is laid to be one OF
the largest III the world. the growth
available being estimated nj Two bill
h"n ~; ~ clear pine. Ii is said Il
railroad will ne built with
the Santa Fe near Toreau.
Deputy Revenue Collector Blakes.
lee has returned from a tour of the
state. lie reports business N a yer,
prosperous condition everywhere.
The cvenue from banking iustitu-
'ions has Increased p per zen i'll the
past year and from saloons ID Der
"cmt. The latter increase, Mr..
Hiakeslee said. IL Indicative 0f a sur
p'u- II loose money.-lieno Journal.
The preliminary examination OF
hyram Burke WIS held this afternoon
b"f"r" Justice Morgan. T.W. MAYOR
travelling auditor for the S~tudebaKer
Bros, Of Salt Lake, appeared rs the
lrA-.Rht,t,t, 49,, ,.., N. IL l..
was represented by Webster PItter-
son and the State by District AItor.
ney Henderson. The State rested
vi h the evidence Of Mr.. Naylor and
the introduction of two letters writ.
ten 10y the defendant. The defend.
ant tuen testified i'll his own behalf.
y SILVER Party Kicker furnishes
tho tar.ou News with the latest
Democratic slate in winch the editor
OF the INDEPENDENT ie set down for
State Superintendent OF Public In
structlon. While II il pleasant TO he
me"tIuued for every office within the
gift OF the people OF Nevada. the
editor wishes II Understood that he
is not II candidate for my office. IIe
has all he can TO to run his prlnteIIop
y. NJ. Lawrence, editor OF the
Chicago American, was yesterday
sentenced to forty days in jail by
Judge l~lcDecy for publ hing an
article rctlrctIug upon the Judges
action i'll al important case. IL. s.
Garfield the writer ~ the article was
sent up Tor thirty day. S. :. Carl.
vahu aud j. =. lIammun! were dis.
charged. The casc against W. K.
Hearst. Clair" Briggs and Homer
Davenport was allowed TO 1T md I'm.
til such time Rs they could br
brought iurO court BY the RhtritT. \
Few minutes after Lawrence aud
Can't, ld were sentenced Judge
Dune issued "A writ Of hnbcas corpus
az To them, rciurnable Immcdi Itcly
Some scientists are trying tn prove
that Adam was an American. We
don't dOubi il, nrd furthermore that
he was Il native son 0f Nevada.
Those prehistoric ,ruclts in the State
prison yard we're evidently indcntcd
about that time and Eagle valley ia
noted Tor its apples which would
tempt u far less primitive pniato tlnn
our ever go many great gr Iudfnthrr's.
Tho fossil remain ~ scrpcnts uro
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