Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-11-20
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILl
SalmaQundi.

y number nj i.,mnilIe ranclers are
i'll town today settling ii water suit.
p. Carat and Paul SchrlIcrstrom re-
turned this morning from San Fran,
cisco.
Tho Farmers aud Merchants Bank OF
Reno has bccm made II NnlionaI bank
No 20 )
w. w F!oohcr returned ihis morn,u,
from Reno where he had hcrn in aIl,nd
the funeral Of Regent j. y. Evans
At w lsh'nSt" five nr" still
drawing pensions rs widows of men
who served in ;Ir war ~ the revolution.
which ended IN Years ago.
According to statistics recently gath
cred about 3l,rH',U are living III pro.
hibluon territory Ii this country. This
Is more than nnr-third Of tine entire top
u%lutiOn.
At me ting u the Board " Rrgcn,s
yesterday Regent Kirman WIS clcctcn
President Of the Boar !, pro TEN. la ill
the vacancy caused ny the denth of r.
2cat Evans.
\ recent census Of China shows thn,
that country, crONdrd with seeming
millions" has lG3 to the squIre mile.
Belgium has 30 to .hc rguur" mile,
Great Britain HTd Germany lU1.
Mr.. Fitzgerald's home WIS re- quuran
tined last evening ty the Health officer.
~FumigatIou was inspected this morning
and beng satisfactory the quarantine
was officially rnisrd.
Deputy Marshal Humphrey came up
from Carsrn this morning after the four
United States prisoners held in the
Elkn jail on the charge of selling wins.
key To Indians. All at them were in
dictcJ 10y the U. 5. gr sud jury.
Siberian railway trains, under new
schedule, cover the dis:auyr from Mos.
COW TO Port Arthur. J.3SS miles. III
thirteen days, the fare, including sleep.
or, beng Sl3I. Tho globe trottcr can
have 4 special train 81 three cars for
Il Oh "A mile.
y restaurant proprietor AT Calicntas,
Lincoln county. took u shot AT "a patron
who refused to pay for In meal and hit
a passcr-hy i'll Ia" shoulder. Brighten.
cd at the result 81 his gun rlay he sold
his business aud icvantcd for the Utah
line fifteen minutes liter the shoot
ing
lie i'cnt Engineer Harlow informed
the reporter this afternoon that the West.
ern ! rvitic surveys on this division were
comyi"tci and thHt he would leave here
Friday. Mr.. Kruger will rcmain Il few
days longer I" Strengthen up IL few bus.
incss atTnrs. Asked us Ia whether H.,
new road wouli lass through on this
route, Mr.. Harlow replied that he did
not know.
Deputy Marshall Humphrey appoiutc
Tom TCnnan, ns guard la assist him ~
taking the IT,. $. prisoners 10 ClrsDn,
Before Tom rrturucl he will visit his
mother and sls.Cr in San Francisco II
not -h~anghal~l or otherwise taken lh.Ec
expects to resume his rositipn in the
INDEPENDENT Office un the i,h of jim
uary. While he sawsy George Russell
will boss the mechanical tart Of Tie o.
flee
Tho Homestead tunnel on the Vir.in.
ia & Trucl;cc railroad i'll Gold Hin was
destroyed lay tir" yesterday. Tie fire
wns discovered nj 800 in the morning
aud is supposed 10 have originated from
a cimdcr from the locomotive drn ling
the local which passed through the Inn
mel nj 7:?0 Monday venting. TIL" inn
mel ~ t6G feet long aud ia on u Cu, 80
! though Fort Homestead hill. H." 'un'
mel cnvcd nj both CnlI and the iir"mcr
wore unable Ia cxinguish the ire. Ilr
loss IL estimated Mt 100000. Pending
the reconstruction - the tunnel freight
aud pnRscngcrR will be- taken "a aud
from Gold Till 10y tcaws.