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

| uruay forenoon. That sometime he
tween lO and Ii O'Clock he turned the
tire oil and did not light il again. lie
also said that he closed up SATURDAY,
night abou: 9 o'clock and TINT Sir. Mel
son and another mau were ~ the store
with him and that neither of them Lii
cigars or smOk ri i'll the store. Mr.. Ja-
cobs finished unpacking about 5000
worth OF goods Satnrda! afternoon and
III pnttinV them away he placed some
! quits about a foot from the electric
wires and he thinks nn electric spark
may have set the quilts on tire.
| Whc Il the fire started Phil T., ster with
several others went int" Tor drugstore tu
help MIR. Taber. Phil did not know the
| wa! ont 10y the back door md iound
| himself cut otf from escape by e front
door. lie CROPPED RrouEd and f0nnd the
door lemdin. into the express Office and
Kicking 1t in went out that way. He
found Paul Schulz. a Young uIau who
works for MIR. Russell, aud who had n!sn
gone IN to help Mr.. rahrr, lying III the
the express Office. nvcTromc hy sinGke,
and dragged lnm ont. Phil saved part
| Of Mr. Tabers books and some of his
money, but III d0mr 20 WIS severely
burned Hbnnt the face aud hands, He
was around town this morning painted
up like IL Shoshune chief at ii big IAN.
dhhgo. Ills burns are very painful but
no scriuus consequences will result
When the tire VIA at it's height and
cvcryb,dy thUnght the whole block
on the north side ~ the street wunld go,
ther" was scramble to get everything
movable INTO the street. WintrTmantcl
Bruce and the Chinese restaurant; kept
their doors locked, but everything
movable was taken ont Of Cuncy's liar
ber shop. the Senate saloon, the bargain
store, DR.. Hoods Office and residence,
Patterson's and FarrinHton's law offices.
Hunter Company's store and Dawes
bar Der shop, and II good start was nade
on Mrs. Campbell's millinery store.
Tho losses estimated by the eutTer.
ers for the ISDErENDENT are ms follows:
Elko Drug Company, building aud
stock. $4,000; insurance $4,000.
Elko Telephone Company, 500; no
insurance.
Western Union Telegraph Company,
$500 no insurance.
George Brucc, damage to stock by
smoke, 5l1O; covered 10y insurance.
WintcrmantcIJ Jcwclry Company, dam
lao u a.
500: fully covered by insurance.
s. JncObs, stock and tools. from 5000
to $4,000; insurance s2,250.
DR.. Mcdowell. books and medicines;
$500.
Henderson Eapking Company, build.
inge, Sl,75O; insurance. S7G0.
Jnmes l'raiu. damage to buildings,
$500; fully covered by insurance,
Estate o. S. Mayhugh. damage to
building. 500.
Wells, Fargo Express COMPANY, Office
fixtures, 500; no insurance.
BESIDES this the damage to porchrs
:OTn down and tO furniture and other
property moved will reach in the neigh.
borhood ~ $500
This makes the loss, exclusive Of in
surancc, from 81, 100 Ia s2G, 100, of which
z go in covered by insurance.
AL the purtics burned out except Mr..
Jac0hs are doing business ~ usunl to-.
day. Joe faber went to Winncmucca
Saturday night after the lire and return.
I'll last evening with u small stock of
drugs which he hns opcnc ont in room
81 oi thu Depot Hotel lie has mn Hs.
sortmcut nf drugs and is prepared Tor
! any emergency. lie will have mn out.
line Of full stock M soon IN hc can get
it here and will open up on Il small scale
in tho lunch-room ~ the hotel. IA soon
ns lila loss in adjusted, hC will clean ~
the ground and put up a handsome
building to replace the ono burned. Tho
Telegraph company is doing business at
! the Office OF tho railrund company and
tho express Office hns quarters in the
billiard room Of the Depot Hotel. DR..
! McDOwoll'a office ia nj his residence.
During the progress of the fire il was
! reported that houses in different pariH
of the town were being burglariz"d and
! Sheriff Clark md Constable Mccoy
dcputi2cd II number oi men md sent
| thCm through the residence portion ~
the town. Tho rcports, however. were
groundlcEs.