Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-10-09

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northern country last evening.
Mcssrs. Davis md Sullivan will star,
up TIE Elkn stram laundry Monday
morning.
Evening services al the Presbyterian
church will be- held hereafter at I %.
clock instead Of 7:3r.
Commissioners Synder md Wrathcrs
amr III yesterday To attend the meeting
II the board ~ equalization.
Judge Browns father and mother LET,
this forenoon Ter their PENNSYLVANIA
home. The l~SDErESpENr wishes them
i sale and pleasant journey.
Mns. Slaughter and her daughter, who
nave been visiting Mr. Mcli=idc's fam
iil fns several wc"Ks. left Tor their home
AT Pueblo. Col yesterday.
The officers nf the tire department will
canvas tine town III IL few 'luys for honor
AIRY mcmii"rs. In tLe meantime the roll
can he fuun I at the drugstore. G1 aud
si,u II.
Judge Talbot III iiav extensive
improvements made ~ his residence in
this CITY. ! cellar IL being ~cIcavatcd
now, aud the present sol: wool tlDorS
are I" hc replaced with oak. Carson
News
An nrtcsIan well only 200 Feet deep ON
the Danghcrg ranch ~ DOuglas county,
ills il large Hum" constantly with its
flow and furnishes irrigation Ion a vegc
tahl" garden ~ several acres and Il biz
fruit orchard.
Engineer Arnolb's party 81 Western
Pacific surveyor. has completed the
survey ~ the line between E.lko and
W"ll-. They lett for Oakland yesterday
forenoon. Resident Engineer Harlow
informed the reporter this forenoon that
the survrys IN Eastern Nevada were
about rumplrtrd.
Prof.. y. f.. Wilson will deliver two
lectures next Thur,hny afternoon and
evening Ia the pupils ~ the high achool
arni citizens generally. ih" aftcruo"u
lecture will Ice ot particular interest to
the pupils aud the evening lecture will
interest the public. The evening lee
lure will bc illustrated 10y lantern
slides.
lhO-r slIouLi he II large Attendance Of
CItI2rns ut ia" COURTROOM tonight ns
business ~ vital importance l." every
property h"licr viii hc transacted. The
committee appointed Ia draft n consti.
tuition aud 10y laws for the new tire de.
partment will report mud IA" scheme
presented will come before the meeting
fur adoption. u The organization il
perfected, u chief and other officers, q
the general organization will bc elected.
II ls important to all that these officers,
especially tho chief, should he saiisfac-
tory Ia the people. This ri hc brought
about toy the citizens attending the
meeting mud taking part in the proceed.
Ings. Turn out and do your part Or
forever after hold your peace.
Tho Chicago Chronicle il authority
Tor the statement That the personal OK.
prusca ~ Abdul llamid, sultan 81 Tur.
Key. are larger ihmu those ~ nny other
monarch IA Europe. Tic Chronicle
says: "ilr -pcGds annually no lGg u
SUI than S;ip.OrO.OD OF thR 1880.
400 alone Ia Rpcnt an the clothing ~ the
women ~ mt hnrrm and 800 900 on
III" s%ui,Hn'a " wurdrohc Nearly M
ether ;T,5 'r.OnO is swallowed up by
p~-"s,nt-. $500, coo cnra for pocket
money aud still another $l,0u0,00O Tor
the inbir. II seems incredible TINT s0
much monay can p"saihly he spent in n
year 10y unr man, lnt when IL IL cmcm.
hcFch tim, come 800 pcraona reside
within the palace walls mud 1.-Two luxur'
iously md dress CNprnsivcly ut the cost
"f the civil IIat il nrpcnrs II little more
coruprchcnqibIp."
One account ~ the accident nj lsco'
waw" snya the accond Hcc'iOu 81 freight
train No, IN came" down the main line
io allow u freight IN the pihr track IL
pull ont. Conductor Dorsey saw what
tho engineer was doing mad tnrncd ~
the ait. breaking the train III two. The
hond brakeman went back Ia cham ~
The train and the licman went ahead to
llng the %pnaecngcr. II being on II curve
the passenger engineer did not ecc th,
n1gmnn until IL waH ~impnEsiblo IL
stop. Another account aaya there
IN evidence TINT the brakes failed to
work. properly. Tho Gazette sa>a Gran
PSl" sna rcairug rnaily when he reached
Reno aud 'hcrc IL little danger from hi
injurica. Allen Harper, aged about
lhirty.four yours, pocnicllo. Idaho.
numhor ~ the Order ~ Railway Con
ductors mud II Knight Tcmplnr, wns the
only one killed. Tie wm horribly mnrg
led.