Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-08-14

awarded to g. A. Warren & Co, OF San
Francisco. Headquarters will be estab.
hshed in Reno and work will begin at
once. i. Ii, Taylor, resident engineer,
will be i'll charge Of the work.
w. a. Lane, who was killed by u der.
rick in Starr valley a few weeks ago.
took ont a life insurance policy for
$4,000 OH the 30throf June. His widow
will receive the full pmount or the pol
icy as o rs the settlement n he
made.
Miss Nelli" Shepardson, the Soung
lady who SO bravely battled with Il burg
lar the other night, is still under the
care OF a physician. She is deliriJns
and is suffering more from the Iervons
shock than her other injuries, winch
consists Of terrible bruises. Reno Jour
nnl.
Senator Lodge makes himself author
ity for the announcement that the Presi.
dent hopes for the early consideration
OF financial Legislation along the lines
of his messages and speeches since he
became President But has anyone
ever been able to discover by the most
diligent and searching reading Of those
speeches and messages what those
lines" are?-Proyidence Journal (RepD
Mr.. Clark ID confined to his room,
with a lame foot. 4 few days ago he
hurried across the railroad track and in
doing so wrenched his right ankle. He
thought but little of it at the time and
went abunt his business MS usual, The
last day or two his foot panied him a
good deal and this morning he called III
DR.. Hood who put the loot in plaster OF
of paris. lie will be laid up for several
days.
According to the Mohhmmrdan's be
lief, there are ten animals in heaven.
These form the following strange men
uGcric: The calf offered by Abraham,
the ok ut Moses. the whale Of Jonah, the
ass of lialaam. the ram Of Ishmal, the
ant Of Solomon, the camel OF the
prophet Salech, the cuckoo Of Bnlkis,
the dog of the seven sleepcrs and Al
Borax. the animal which carried Mo-
manned to HEAVIER,
Journai:-Near the town Of Lovelock.
disclosed by tic cOi0rei spot on the
mountain, liz Il great deposit Of gypsum.
This was worked years ago. but to a dis
advantage. IL has recently all been re-.
located. It will be the basis of IA vast
industry. Plaster Of paris works will
require all this product Ind it can be
laip down cheaper from the mines here
than at any other point in the State. II
only a profit OF 10 cents a ton can be re-
allied. it would make m%iliionaires OF the
owners and give employment to thous-
and OF men.
Frank Smith who murdered Walter
Dunn in cold blood at Tonopah on the
evening OF July 9th, has been held to
appear before the Grand Jury OF Nye
county on Il charge Of manslaughter
with bonds fixed ut 1000. The hearing
before the Justice OF Peace ut Belmont,
one Hancock, has a quer look and would
seem to indicate ti,nt the Justice Of the
Peace was II party to u plan by which it
WAS intended To have Smith put up a
small mmonnt Of bail and then skip ont
of the country. The Tonopah Bonanzn
prints IL srathing Arrangement Of the
proceedings
While horses drug the mails Of New
York up and down the streets in cum.
brOus aLons Porto Ricans boust OF a
postal sysirm which employs automo-
mobiles. Il tween San Juan, the cap
iial Of the Island, and Ponce, its chief
port, an automobile ]scr"ire hes been es-
tnblishcd because Of the heavy, ever III.
creasing amount of mail from the Unit.
ed States. For the pony coaches which
wore in use hitherto the government
paid Sll coo Il year. The coaches made
the trip daily in from twelve to fifteen
hours. The automobiles cover the dis.
tance in nine hours, and though they
cost Sl3.0C0 "a year they carry twice the
mail almost twice as rapidly The chief
fault with the ponies WAS the way they
became wiudcd. At the end OF each
fifteen miles section the team had to be
changed. The automobile thus far has
been credited with n continuous per-
fotmancc TINT would satisfy even the
Now York vaudeville manager.