Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-12-05
FROM THURSDAYS Dalai.
Salmagundi.

h Commissioners met this morning
AMI transacted the usual county bus.
iness.
MIR. G. \. Burcham. tie California
oil man. left last night for his home ut
Randsburg.
The editor will leave for Reno tomur.
row to attend II meeting OF the Board OF
Regents.
y high, furry NJ SNOW fell Yesterday
afterno III. hut none ~ it remain nn the
strects.
Elk %county's delinquent list an the
tirst iDstallment of taxtr will amount to
less than 500.
Billy Wore has leased his druymg bus.
mess and bottling works to Peter Mil
Ter and John Butler.
Commissioner Weathtrs is ntte nding
l. meeting Of the board today lie re-
ports everything quiet in Starr valley.
\, s. Thompson has been appointed a
Commissioners OF Lincoln county. to ill
tile place made vacant by the death OF
job Simpson.
The House yesterday passed "A bill
appropriating $4,000 for paving the eI.
penses Of the Coal Strike Commission.
The bill passed without II division.
The Clerks Union OF Reno has de-
clarrd a boycott against II. Letter, Il
tailor.for violating M agreement to close
his store at q =. NJ, Mr.. Letter claims
that the boycott Is unjust.
\ Wat. h Night Service will he held
III the Presbyterian Church New Years
Eve from nine until twelve. The var
iOus organizations Of tl;e Church will
prepare some interesting numbers for
service.
\ complaint has been filed with
Justice Morgan charging Fred Stone
with the murder nf Charles Is. Conley
AZ Shelton last Sunday afternoon. The
preliminary examination has been set
for Saturday at 10 o'clock.
The PRESBYTERIAN Sunday school il
making arrangements Ia give an clab.
crate Christmn+ entertainment III the
Church. The tree will 1t. placed in the
Hall aud the presents will he distrib-
uted also from the Hall. Further no
tIce will he given later.
II l2::m last night the tender 81 the
engine and tMn No. cars Of a westbound
frcigh, train went oil the track ut Ryn.
don. No one WIS hurt and but little
damage WIS lone. Tho eastbound flyer
was held here until the track WAS
! cleared.
According t" Engineer jams C..
Stewart, the British ]bricklaycr lays an
average OF i5C to 600 bricks Il day,
while the American lays 1000 To 2T0p
bricks per day. When the American
lRyer gets SiS per day. winch il what
he cares ns compared with the British
laborcr. wages i'll the United States will
he as high rs those il England.
The Senate Committee on Territories
yesterday reported a substitute for tie
House bill providing for the admission
"f New Mexico. Arizona, Oklahoma and
Indian Territory us States. The Senate
hill provides Tor the admission Of Okla.
homa and Indian Territory under the
name al Oklahoma. Nothing is said
abOut the other ter ritorics.
y acri"ns alfray took place last eve
! nina nj Iil,l,N's Gtpfi,,, at, fi,. Solo.
Vile road. f.smrraldu county. Tom
Morris, Bob Jones and John Williams
were III Il poker game III Williams ga
loon whcr Il dispute arose. Williams
drew q large knife and stabbed Jones
the blade penetrating hail way through
the short rib and the IMP on the left
side and il second st 10 under the left
arm near The elbow. DIR. Chiitcnden
lett last night and from reports the pa
tent is fatally wounded .-Tonopah
Bonanza
The report Of General Miles on con-
ditious in the Philippines will not lee.
sen the dicsteom in which he in held by
President Roosevelt and his secretary OF
war. Instead Of the astounding prog
ress, and prosperity dwclt upon so
glowinrIy 10y the President in his
Memphis. speech, General Miles Gays
he found the people generally i'm
poverishcd from the effects OF the war
and the pcstilence that followed it, ana
fears some may suffer from famine. The
drarth 81 farm animals leaves tho people
no mcnns OF recovery.
The Saints Herald discusses tho use
81 carpets ON floors and linds them un-
sanitary, OWING to the immense number
81 microbes TINT find Judgment in them.
\ case in described where IN five min.
utca IN II cnrpctcd oom 10 germs act.
tied OH u three inch saucer. This with.
ont stirring the germs 10y sweeping
When the carpet VAS swept 100 settled
on the suucCr ~ live minutes. II car.
pets must he used they should be taken
up frequently, II rs urged, and beaten
so that the wind may carry away their
micrnbc contents. Surgeons allow no
cRrpcte in rooms occupied by their pa
ticntR or in the operating room TlIOS