Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-04-17
IFROM FRIDAYS DAILY.l
Salmagundi.

sS'ff AS
last night. He is lonKiuH we'll
y carload III machinery for the Per.
dun Russell mining company Of Noun
tain Cit! arrived today.
The new strike in the Is, lmunt mine
Mt Tomopah If said to he most important
ever mad IN that amp.
The polls Cor the special schnn! cleo.
ton will open at the public school
building at > u'clUcG tomorrow after
noon and r"mntu open until g. Ga tu the
poll AMI east .our vote for the h .uds.
The Sacramento PresbI terry Is in ses.
sion at Carson. Rev. George II. Greer
field is attending the Presbytery. \
postal received from hIm this morning
says thai he will he in Elko for the
Sunday service at the Presb, terrain
church.
The teI"graphic dispatches Of the
first Of April last announced no less than
~ strikes going OH all over the country,
from Maine to San Francisco. In New
York City alone 20,0GO men are on a
strike for an eight. hour shift.
The W. T.. Smith Company received a
dispatch from !. ). Raines OF Palisade
this forenoon stating that John o..
Brooks, well known here, had been
drowned in the Humboldt river. No
particulars were given.
There is IA science in applying and
mixing paint. 1t lasts longer and looks
better when put on by experienced
wnrkmen. We mix all our paints and
guarantee our work, SteIninger Bros.
paper hangers and puintcrs.
Mr.. and MH. Dawley returned from
California last night. Mr.. Dawley looks
better than when he went away and the
vacation evidently dii hum good. He
will resume his old place in the clerks
office as so II MS ne gets Strengthened
out.
An Oshkosh woman yawued cOn.in.
uously for three days with fatal results.
II Mr.. Knox does not want the country
to die the same way he would better do
est and attract the attention Of the peo-
pie -Commoner.
Every teacher in the county should ut
tend the Institute that meets here on the
4th Of May. Prof. Heaton Of the Uni
parpiiN - (Nulifnr min Tri11 lny az ,hnryn 80
the work. lie will deliver three lectures
"a day IN educational subjects. pr.
Stubs has notified Prof. Game that he
will address the Institute on the evening
OF the 9th. State Superintendent Ring
will also be present tu assist in the work
Prof. Game is doing his level best to
awaken an interest III the Institute and
will leave nothing undone to make it n
success.
Over Il year ago a young man Ey the
name OF Wells ran into Il live electric
wire OF the Nevada Land and Power
Company Of Reno and was instantly kill
ed. The wire had sagged ami caught
him Under the chin, burning his head
off. HIS heirs brought suit against the
company for $40, 200 damages. The
trial was had in the US District Court
mt Carson before Il jury. After being
out II hours, the Jury brought in q
verdict for $500. GA man up u tree
this looks like n very small value tc
place upon human life.
\ compilation of the requests made
to- charitable, phiIanthropic aud cduca'
tionaI institutions during the year 100:
shows thai the total exceeded S9l 900.
900. Among the larger gifts were thos,
OF sl4 100000 from Winfield Scott Slra
ton, for u home for the poor; Of $1,000.
900 from John D.. Rockefeller OF 81,
, 100000 from Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Nc
COrmick. for u memorial institute 10
infections Diseases; Of 81. 0C0, 600 iron
Mrs. Henrietta Webb: to the Webb aca
deny and home for ship buil!crp; o
: 100000 from John Mckee. for nm in
stitutioD in Philadelphia for Tho educa
ton Of white and colored orphans, m,
OF sl,Si5,0O0 from Robert e.. Billings &
various educational institutions.