Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-10-02
FROM SATURDAYS DAILY.


Glnd to sec Mr.. Reed On The street to.
day.
Fifty four land patents were issued
from the State Land office on Thurs.
lay.
The I~SDEPESDEST IL glad to learn
that Miss Jessie ~IInrris is able 10 he
out.
The Woman's Guild will hold its an.
"anl church fair the first week III De.
r"mhcr.
The Ladies' ~ the Presbyterian
rhnrch have been arranging Ia give a
fair in Mizpah Hall sometime in Dccem-
her.
4. h0tclkceprr at Middleton. Calilor.
MIA. received nm aIpr. ~ package the
other dav TINT contained u brick instead
~ g 1900 sent him.
DIR. Brown will occupy the pulpit at
the Presbyterian church tomorrow night
This will h" the Last opportunity to hear
him AZ he leaves for the .nst next week.
Sheriff. Clark returned from lIallcck
yesterday afternoon. lie failed 10 lind
sufficient evidence Ia connect anynnc
with the attempt t" burn MIR. McCBin's
property.
Jos Carroll and Sheriff Clark started
this forenoon on nm automobile trip Ia
Tuscarorn. II they yet there eafely this
Afternoon and nothrnR happens on the
retur tnp. they viii he in klko some.
time tomorrow afternoon.
Tho FORGET lire which .in- been burn.
ing for n month in the vicinity Of Verdi.
received u new lie last night and a mile
frontage VIA ablnzr. 1t has filled the
atmosphere about Carson City with
smoke Tor tome weeks past News.
IN" average mortality from typhoid
fever is three times as great in American
is n European cities. The cities Of the
United Stntca which suffer most from
this disease are Washington, Chicago,
Boston. Philadelphia and Providence, in
that order.
Tho excellent spirit shown ut the
meeting last night gives promise TINT
Eiko will hive mn active fire department
before mGuy mDrc mOOna. Every citi.
i2cn should read the plan outlined else.
where and hc at the next meeting Ia
assist in ita perfection and adoption.
Editor Crawford denies TINT Warden
COneidiue hns purchased the Reno
Ledger. From NJ. ErawiorH's stntc-
mcDt il appears that MIR. Considiue
undermined him and bought tho old
PlaindcHlcr plant, which Crawford holds
under II Tense, which cxpircs shortly.
Mr.. Crawford aays the Ledger will con
tiuuc to do business at the old stand.
IN attempt was made III Reno Thurs.
nIay night to murder Al Kimura, Il Jap.
nncec woman 81 tho half. world, She
VIVA shot from the dark while closing
the front door Oi her apartment. Tho
bullet pnsscd through her left lung aud
lodged in the back ju't beneath III"
skin. She rested easily yesterday and
the chances ~ her "covcry were favor.
able. From the Description given 10y the
w9mnu the police arrested NJ. Tahahc,
a Japanese, na Ia" man who tired the
SHOT.
The siatistiIa ~ the imperial health
Nilicc show thnt ~" toinl spent I'm nj.
~roiolic liquors IN 1902 throughout the
German empire wns about sG21 ,O0O,f roo,
an average per head for persons over
III ycars ~ agc S3j. Tho health Office
Inns issued Il pamphlet in which, while
not advocating total abstinence, il ea!H
total abstinence, "a no my disndvnn.
tagc I" hrnlth, and h0Ca no; destroy the
working ability. a mnes of material In
arranged Tor ropulnr undcrst nnhing.
showing the injurious clTccis Of nlco.
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