Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-01-10
tFRoM FRIDAYS DA1LY.l
SALMAGUNDI.

The editor returned from Reno
this morning.
Sheriff Campbell returned from
Carson this morning.
The Nicaragua Canal bin passed
the House yesterday by a vote Of 3OS
TO =,
Tom Teunant writes that he is
having a goou time in San Francisco.
He will return about the Goth.
President Roosevelt has reappoint-
ed u. S. District Attorney Sardis
Summertield and Postmaster Krausc
mt Reno. Both Of these men nave
been capable Off ciaIe.
Mira. \ Roach and Mn. J. Dakin
have leased the r-siicnac al Mr..
Thomas .loues u,ni will :Duiucl il us
a private sauitarium. iiioy will
either nurse lie sick al their homes
or care for them nj the SHnitarium
Country patronage solicited Charges
reasonable.
General Manager Odiie of the
Tunopah mines arrived in Carson
Wednesday, on his return from the
east. Mr.. Oddie says that operations
will be commenced at Cnce. Water,
wall be brought to the camp mill
erected and other improvements, in
Guiding I'M electric light plant and a
railroad undertaken rs soon as prac-
tlcable.
About nineteen ladies md n
gentleman accep'ed the invitation
extended through the INDEPENDENT
tai visit this Office last night and
listen to the Club saloon concert.
All present enjoyed the music and
thanked Howard Riddle for the
courtesies extended. The office will
be open again ut 7o'clock this even
ing for all v tho wish to enjoy the
music.
The INDEPENDENT received a letter
this morning from Rev. ia. Mitchell,
dated Kansas City, Kansas. January
7th in which he said he was quite
we'll and enjoying himself. A news
paper clipp ng enclosed in the letter
says Rev. Mitchell has been nnani-
mously called to The passionate Of the
Western Highlands Pres byterian
church. The INDEPENDENT 10 glad
to hear OF MIR. Mitchen's success.
Operations at the Anaconda mine,
at Butte City, Montana, were
resumed yesterday morning, the
rnising ~ ore commencing with the
day shift. Fifty 1000 men will be
put on the paYrGils Of the company.
The mines Closed "otn during the
tendency Of IA herr ~ before the
courts and a supervisory order from
the Supreme cou: It Helena en-
ab!ed them to resum".
Lee Terriil WA an arrival from
Tonopah thus morning. He reports
II serious coBdi ion uf affairs in that
camp. Men are dying Tally from the
epidemic raging their. A peculiarly
OF the disease Is thu; it docs not Mt.
tack either women or children. The
physicians are nnt!'!e I cope With
the disease. \ person attacked
lives from three TO four days. Four
men died the day Loe left. lie will
remain III ElkO for "A time.
All the United States prisoners
taken from Elko plead guilty Thurs.
day afternoon to the indictments
against them III the u. s. District
Court, Parsons was sentenced two
months in the Storey county jail;
Dan Hickey and w. l.. Fitzgerald
each got four months in the same in
stitutioD; Frank Reed, Rome Brown,
and Frank Rodgers each got one
year in the pen~itentiary. In addition
to the imprisonment each Of the
ubove whs fined 300.
All the legal differences between
the Williams.Jones factions were
finally and amicably settled Wed.
nesday in this city. The case before
the Supreme Court in which Judge
Mack was the responder; WIS also
cleared away, aud the entire matter
dropped. The var Il cases between
the Bank, eetato OF Evan Williams
and the matter Of Jones VI. Williams
has been held IN the courts for q
year or more and this final action
prevents any o legal complica
tons from arising. which to the public
had become II much mixed up affair.
-Careon Appeal.
A lover Of horses recently noticed
a custom In Ftance which he thinks
ought 10 be adopted IN this country.
On every street ia France which has
a steep grade there ia stationed an
extra horse Tho law compels
draymen and others To mako use OF
this horse until tho summit Of the
hill Ia reached, and there ia n heavy
iino Tor refusing TO hire the cStra
horse mt a small liked rate. Placards
10y tho roadside indicate the point
where tho extra horse ehould be
taken on and also where no ina be
Dispensed with.
DIED.