Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-05-01
tFROM FRIDAYS DAILY
Salmagundi.

Charley liAHs came III from i.amoiIla
this morning. lie sa!s TINT section is
looking " II and the prospects are good
for a prosperous season..
The funeral Of the late William Ken.
nedy Will take place from the undertake.
Inp parlOra tomorrow s%fternoon at ,
o'clock. Friends AMI acq%uaintnnces are
respectfully invited to attend.
DIR. s. Il. Cllamiey, the lancer doctor
accused at having caused the death OF
Mu. Nevins ~ Wells, has been discharg-
ell 10y Judge Cook Of San Francisco.
Judge Cook held that the evidence
against Chamlty WAS insufficient.
Dave Tyler AN old and respected
citizen Of Virginia City died mt the
Storey county hospital Tuesday after
noon. lie WIS IL member nf Walkers
lannon's tilibustcriug expedition to Mic.
aragua in the early tifties
Adolph KnuJson Is now conducting
the Depot Hotel tonsorial parIors and
~solicits II SHARE Of the public patronage.
Cleanliness and first class work is his
motto and he wishes his friends aud
others To give Inn n call when they
want a good shave al haircut.
Every effort will he made to give Chi
cago the benefit OF a pc cedble and har-
monious municipal government this
year. However, since the mayo is an
American, the city attorney IA Pole. the
city treasurer Il German, and the city
clerk an irishman, the task liz "a difficult
one.
Human emotions are being photn-
graphed by "a Partisan. lie has several
negatives showing the emotion which
stirred the man who stepped on "A tack
while soothing the baby one night, the
woman who got oil the moving street
car backwards and disarranged nm elab-
crate costume, and some others which
are too violent for general expression.
OF the pnll-bearers ut Abraham Lin
coins funeral, thirty. eight years ago.
only two are still livrnG-iormer Con-
gresham Henry e. Worthington, now
Of Washington, and Andrew Croft nth. nf
Pennsylvania. The bearers included
six Senators, six Representatives., three
Generals, three Admirais and our civil
ians.
Prof. j. ii. Dye, the first instructor Of
the Virginia City mining class, died at
Oakland, Califor MIA. Wednesday morn
ing. Prof. Dye was n man OF brilliant
uttainments and his untImely death is
a severe loss to the educational world.
Although II young man he had made a
record rs nm instructor, that opened up
great possibilities Tor the future.
The Cresson powder works, located
on Pine creek ten miles from Holidays.
burg, Pennsylvania. we're wrecked yes.
terday by an explosion. Nine men were
III the works ut the time and eight OF
them were blown to pieces and the other
one. Superintendent. Taggert. was fatal
~ injured. Tho cause Of the explosion
is a mystery.
\ case Of scarlet fever has develop
ed Mt the University of Nevada. md the
paiiert liz nov quarantIned in the hos.
pital OF that institution. John Smiley,
Il student from Elko, was taken sick
last Saturday md mt the beginning OF
this week the case WINS diagnosed ms
scarlet fever. Or. Thoma is III attend.
ance and the patient il dong well. No
fear is entertained by the physicians ~
the disease spreading.-Guzette.
Edward T.. Mntteson, who died in
Nevada county, Cal, February 10, 1903,
was the inventor Of placer mining by the
hydraulic process, having first expert
mentcd with sluicing down gravel with
a hose stream on American Hill, III the
above named county, in 1862. lie was n
native Of Connecticut, aged so years and
died poor, but through tho process OF
which he was the inventor. hundreds Of
men accumulated large fortunes in the
placer mines Oi CnlitOI MIA.
The Eagles are making big prerara.
lions for the ir ball tonight. AS this will
bo the last ball to he given in the De.
pot Hotel and probably the Inst al the
sensop, N efforts will be spared to matte
IL a grand success. The Eagles know
how to make IL pleasant Tor everybody
and they will do their best tonight tn
make the dance one Of the most enjoy
able ever given IN town, Get u ticket
aud spend the night with the filku
Eaglcs,
ST Louis Ind the biggest time IN her
history yesterday. The ncchssion VIVA
| tho dedication of the World. Fair build.
ngs by Preaiier, Roosevelt. \ parade.
~ 1903 soldiers proceeded the core
monies Of dedication. When The
! President entered the Lihcrai
aris bnilIinR, he was greeted
10y the cheers Of 10000 people. when
Prtsidcn, Francis called tho assembly Ia
order. the noise was so great that he
could not TO heard twenty feet from the
rOstfum. When President Roose welt
was introduced, he was greeted with
cheers that shook tho building. lie
wae foIlowrl nv cy.pfceiloni rIoyn,