Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-07-25
FROM TUESDAYS DAILY.
Salmagundi.

"H AVE.
THIS forenoon. lie looked hale nnd
hearty.
jim Hctt's team ran away this morn.
ing and scattered milk through towp
when they stopped, the y WIS the
worse Tor the trip and there was less
milk i'll the cans.
MIR Merritt WA in from the oil we'll
MS morning. When asked il be had
anything for publication. he replied:
GU may say that everything is work.
lug smoothly and we like the formation. =
4 heavy wind struck Elko betw ecn G
II I o'clock last evening. 1t came
from every direction aud sent great
clouds OF ditr and rubbish wbirlipu
through the street. 1t WIS what Tom
Hunter would call q 1peacha
Baltimore was struck by n tornado
sunday afternoon . that did u vast
amount OF damage to property and kill.
ed twelve people. A careful estimate
made yesterday showed that 200
- . uiiOpi0' ~ lile TIE STORM
MP. Freeman, who failed here in ISHO
Is settling up his old debts at tile rate
"t 10 cents on the dollar. IIo is located
nj Tucson, Arizona, and is engaged in
the banking business. Some of those
who lost by his Eiko failure have r..
ceivod their dividends.
In his F"nrth Of July sermon "a dis.
crimin'IiIg Kansas City clergyman
alluded to the date us being the nm
nlvertary -nfSampson's, or Schley'e, 81
Tie captains. or the nav,'a present, to
the United States Of Ccrvera's fleet at
Santiago"
The Chi ago Tribnnc's annual Fourth
of July casualty list shows IL dead and
l.392 injured rs the result of powder
burning. The day. fire loss is put nt
sG',CO0. Last year 10 persons were kill.
ed and l,Gll injured. The toy pistol and
cannon cracker are responsible for the
grentcr part Of the injuries.
And now it is announced that the Jap
hncse language lacks cuss words. The
worst aJap can say To anybody. in his
native tOngne. liz that he Is q fellow"
aud II he wants to express indignation Of
a strong variety, he shouts: There.
there! The Japs ought 10
Yankee Observation-Disclosures Express.
The ranchers about the outskirts nf
Carson are getting a little rest from the
dove hunting season md have time to
pick the bird shot out Of their children
and repair the glass i'll their houses.
They still come up smiling aud say
that the shooting season varies the
monu,ony Of ranch lie. carson Appeal.
According tn M estimate OF the Red
Cross identity depot, which fulfilled the
functions of II casualty bureau Ter the
Boer forces, the total losses OF the latter
during the war were 3.7OO men killed or
died Of wounds and $4,000 male prison.
ers Of war. Of whom 700 died. The Bner
forces i'll the ibid numbered abont
$4,000.
II 'nt been su!:c ted b. 4 prominent
busi' ~ man tluri all me business
hous, Il EGO clio " Thur lay forenoon
durln-' Mr.. lena rsso'. funeral. As
the Gle 'vasrd v"s p om.n mt III Elko's
business afr irs fu' Il great many yeare,
he l~%JtrENDE.'T ms in The sugges.
nd h~",irvcs II tls proper thing to do.
az 49, Ill .I.., ..,.. IL -
Brakeman Charles Gloyd net with n
terrible accident on Brown hill early
yesterday morning. his left arm having
been caught between the bumpers OF
two freight ears Rnh mashed so that il
cannot be saved. No PARTICULARS wore
received, says the Silver State, further
than that the train had stopped to
double the hill and Gloyd went between
the ears to %dircomnect the air hose and
cut the train in two. In some manner,
probably due to the cars being "slackcd
back, his arm WIS caught aud crushed
M stated. Gloyd was taken to Reno,
and il liz supposed that it was found
necessary To amputatc the arm.
Judge Griggs. chairman Of the Ma.
tiouRl Democratic Congressional com.
mittcc in speaking Of President Ruose.
velt's declared intention to tig ht the
trusts snys: -SiX years the RApnblicun
party has been III absolute power. II
has controlled the senate, the House OF
Representatives and the Presi Iency.
For seven months Il congress-. Rspub.
lican in both branches. has been in
session, yet not ono so no zee, not ono
syllable Of Legislation has been under.
taken Tor tho suppression 81 the trusts.
Tho Democratic party sent a message tu
| Congress while that body was in session
although wo had no authority to do so.
We sent il from our caucus. and up
this came question 81 trusts every Dem.
Ocrat in the House voted against nd
journing until some legislation wRs on.
acted which would curtail the power Of
these gigantic monopolics mud every
Republican voted to 90 home without
taking my action, leaving them Ia plum.
der The people for n wlnle longer. We
voted to remain here, IL il should 10 all
summer, Tor the purpose of cnac,ing M
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