Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-01-03

Homer hicule came up from
Lovelock this morning.
Senator Sewell OF New Jersey died
at his home in Camden yesterday.
The ice harvest began yesterday,
The ice If about ten inches thick md
OF excellent quality.
Sam BHcbman came IN from Ruby
Valley Yesterday. II" reported a
heavy wind storm raging in the val.
ley Thursday afternoon when he left.
The people OF the Danish West
Indies object to beng aold tn the
United States. Our treatment of
Porto Rico is no inducemeut to the m
To become ii part ri us.
The work ~ benevolent nssimila-
tion still goes OH in the PHILIPPINES.
Eight boys in blue were killed and
six wounded in a hand tn hand fight
with Bol0men on the 9th.
"Papa. what is a king? "a king,
my child, is a person whose authority
is practically unlimited. whose worl
Ii law and whom everybody must
obey" -Papn. is mamma a kinQ!-
Senator Drpew was married yeater.
day at Nice. Italy ,hy civil process. Two
religions ceremonies will he per
formed today. The three ceremonies
should hold the gay Senator securely
in the net.
tn" Virginia Chronicle saya the re.
port comes from Los Angeles that
John w. Mackay will enter the Sen.
atorial race in Nevada next year.
The report is probably without any
foundation.
Mr.. Price and Mr.. Wonnck came
in from the oil well this forenoon.
They report drilling operations at a
stnndsiill. Work will no r"aumeh M
oon M n driller arrives to take the
place Of Mr.. Harrison.
AZ Rnwlins. Wyo.. n plant ia To he
built for the manufacture Of the
Weed automatic gun The gun is
used III aherp camps TO brighten
away wolves and coyotes. being fire.
every hour. or at any desired interval.
automatically.
\ st. Louie paper hna just discov
cred an the federal stRtute books u
law passed in 1892. which imposes u
penalty ~ not less than slC0 nor more
han $1,000 on any railroad company
that discharges an empioye on the
ground that he is u union man. II ia
needless Ia aay that the Law hEs
never been enforced.
a. funny; a man arrives Mt tho de
pot and, with a lot Of people looking
on kiases hia third COUSIN or his
wife's brothers sistcr or other distant
kin lie has never seen DO 'nre-wO-
men he dOes not want TO kiss and
who do not care to kiss him. But il
hc knows woman he likes 10 kisa he
in compelled to do il whea no ona in
lookip2.-AtchisOl. Globe,
At n epecial meeting of EIko,
L0dge No. II T. l. 4. M held last
evening, tho following officers we're
installed FOR the ensuinG Masonic
year. j NJ Morrow, V. NJ. ; &. B
Henderson, $. W George Hunter, J.
w. John Hcnacrson, Treasurer; j.
Il. Triplctt. Secretary; Alex II. Wei.
land; j. d.. John Acklnnd md Dan
Duwnoy. Stewards; JamcR RuRarll.
Tyler.
4 report on the earnings ~ the
principal railroads ~ this country.
operating m aggregate ~ l92, 1919
miles, Tor the year ended june 80.
shows net profits c; a.. 8SS por mile.
The earnings per mile were 1921 mud
the expense ~ operating was 1923
per mile. Total gross earnings Tor
the ycar. sl.57s, I6i. 2O5. were e35.577..
2l8 in excess ~ the earnings %! the
prcvious year
'Speaking ~ shooting Filipinos
for missionary purposes" said the
cynical cOmmerGiaI traveller, at re-
minds me III what n native fIawalian
once paid tn me: 'fho missionary
came here and told TIA Ia look up Ia
the aky where God was. So We look.
ed up, and while wo were looking
they stole our land out from under
our feet. When the Knnaka looked
down again the lnnd was gouc.''
II il eaid that the Bank Of France
Inns M invisible studio in n gallery
,ehiDd the cashiers. % that ut q given
signal from ono NJ them G,.y suspect.
cd customer can inatantly have
his photograph taken without hie
knowledge. Tho camera has also
become very useful in the detection
Of frauds, II word or figure TINT tn tho
oyc aeomed completely erased beng
clearly reproduced IN photographs OF
the document that had been tamporcd
with.-ChiCago Record Herald.
Tho coat Of living IN New York ciiy
~ said To be higher this year tlInn