Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-04-04
FROM THURSDAYS DAIL,.
Salmagundi.

James Russell. Jr., arrived from Sen
Francisco yesterday.
Joel Gardner is spending a few days
ON the South Fork.
The INDEPENDENT B short OH State
news today owing to the wreck on the
G. p.
Mrs. Ben Payne md daughter. Mrs
Davis, arrived from San Francisco last
evening.
Mrs. George ID. Ernst left for Carson
last night, where she will visit relatives
and friends.
The Green Waiter Social begins To.
morrow night at I o'clock. DO not fail
to see the Green Walters.
Miss Mae Gardner went To Winnie.
mucca this morning tn spend II few days
with her sister, Mrs. Oliver.
A Burlington train attained u sped OF
ninety miles mn hour the other day and
bel! !: e.: . distance of fifteen miles.
\ teu.doliar bill was lost somewhere
III town yesterday 10y one Of our bust.
ness men. The party tindmg il will
receive a blessing and II reward 10y
bringing It to this Office.
Miss Swetlind left Inst night Tor San
Francisco, where she will meet her
father who accompanies her To Homo
lulu. We trust that Miss Swaziland will
have II pleasant trip to the Island.
y heavy freight train was wrecked
yesterday on the Z. p. west Of the Sum.
init Az Il consequence there have been
no passenger trains from tie west today.
They will arrive some time this evening.
George Sent, better known as -Graf.
~" Tor many years Western Union man
aRer at Virginia City and Sacramento.
II we'll known to all old time Com
stockers. died in San Francisco Tuesday
The Japanese worlds fair To I've held
at Osaka in 1903 will charge only ) sen
or = l.2 cents admission. In proportion
to the japanese wage scale that ia about
rs big as ten times that amount in
America.
The opening Of he coded portion OF
the Fort Hall Indian reservation will
be earlier than May 18th and not
later than June LIST. 1t comprises 49,
200 acres OF land, over 100000 Of which
Is clnssed III agricultural land, with
twice as much grazing land.
\ remarkable discovery has been
made IN County Mayo, Ireland. where n
wooden boat believed to be nearly 1000
years old, has been dug up by some
The boat ia beautifully
carved from the trunk OF an oak tree.
1t il forty Elk feet long and shows abso.
lutely no sign Of decay.
Havana ia much better of than New
York md many other American cities,
and better than London and a large
number Of foreign Capitals, with re.
spect to smallpox. Cuba's foremost
community has not had Il single case OF
this disease Tor many weeks and it il
also free from yellow fever.
August Ecabert. foreman at the Bailey
goat ranch, l9 miles from Battle Noun.
tain, committed suicide last Friday
night by shooting himself through the
bend with II revolver. Ecabert had been
i'll for about "A week with pneumonia,
and the night he killed himself he was
much better and was considered
Of danger. He was II native OF
France, aged about 40 yeara.
Two we'll informed Wall street men
were discussing j.. P%ierpont Morgan.
Said one, Il have had a long talk with q
member Of hia firm, and while he let
no secrets, yet from what | could
gather Mr., Morgan made last year
about S42.000,000." The other agreed
TINT the estimate Was practically correct
from what he could loarn.-New York
Presa.
The modest factory that turns out
millions Of postal cards every month for
Uncle Sam 10 located III u little West
Virginia mountain town, high in the
Appalachian range, not far from the
border limo OF Maryland, Ito town is
Piedmont, Mineral county, ". Va, and
here the busy factory il at work six
days in the week making the little
onl0ng sheets OF cardboard on which
many messages OF all kinds and sOrts
ate written by all kinds OF people.
Among the "traitors" whom Funston
would have hanged are Wayne Mac.
Veagh, Senator Edmunde, George s.
Boutwell,, tho Presidents and profess
sors OF most u tho great universities.
tho leading educators, lawyers. clergy.
mon and statesmen OF nearly every
state IN the Union. General Funston
has made u good record In the field, but
there ia danger That no will spoil IL II he
Keeps on talking like n military maniac,
Philadelphia North American,
DIED.