Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-05-29
FROM TUESDAYS DAILY.
Salmalundi.

Carlln Inst night. They will return oil
No. q this evening.
District Attorney Henderson left rol
Eureka last night. He will return
Thurrday evening.
The young men charged with burg
larizing barns in Wells were taken there
for examination this morning.
Judge Brown has been confined tc
his bed Tor two or three days with q
bilious attack. He is able 10 pe
around the house today and will soon
be all right again.
Deputy Constable Hardin caught
Harry Smith, colored, and Ruth Butler
white, smoking opium last night. They
were taken TO the Jail and their smok.
ing outfit went along as evidence.
The Piute Indian who assaulted Miss
Aunie Callahan a week or so ago.h had d
hearing in the justice court in Reno
Saturday and WINS bound over to the
grand jury with bail fixed at 81, 900.
Col. MaIson came from Ogden last
night and returned on No. G. lie told
the reporter that the railroad through
Southern Nevada would be completed
from Salt Lake to Los Angeles within
two years.
Father Tubman OF Virginia has &C.
cepted an invitation from President
Stubs OF the Nevada University. 10 de.
liver the opening prayer on Commence.
meet lay at the exercises al the State
University, which takes place Wcdnes.
day morning. June 3rd.-Chronicle.
Experts are at work at ;ielr1Ont, Nye
county. examining into the manner in
wheel. several ~ lie conuty offices have
been conducted the past Tour years.
The last grand jury ordered the ~investi-
CATION and it was strongly limited that
the county's affairs were in d fearful
ahape.
The story is told of "A ~Scotchinnn, one
OF several brothers, whose father. "A
"S''Nhy hihht ~ aICus lHcEt WIS
much quarreling about the property,
4 friend condolcd with them or the
bereavement we'll said he. -our
fathers death might have been "A real
a misery
Congressman Van Duzer il in New
York City, with headquarters at the
Waldorf Astoria. He Inns established "A
mining brokerage Office next door To j,
Pierpont Morgan ~ Co., and is reported
to he doing good missionary work for
Tonopah and Nevada. Mr.. Vwm Duzer
liz expected to return to Nevada about
the middle Of next month.-Stand I'd.
Prof. FrHndseE completed his invest.
CATION ut Mr.. Bruce's ranch yesterday
and left Tor Carlin last night to investi.
gate the disease that Is killing Mr.. Line
barger's hogs He will leave there to-
night for Eureka tn inspect some sheep
belonging to Bert l. Smith. lie killed
and examined five sick hogs at the
ranch yesterday and took material
enough with him to make a thorough
scientific examination Of the disease.
When hiH work is completed, TIE result
will he sen to the county pagers for
publication.
IL if interesting to learn TINT au ap-
pnratuS has been invented TO he attach
ed to locomotives 10y which u dense
spray Of boiling hot water ma be turn.
ed loose like u veil when train robbers
a?pro ich. simply by a slight foot pres
sure. The first engines have already
been fitted with this novel meana
OF repelling bandite, and il the
fireman and engineer can shield
Ia emselyes from pistol shots until
the waterworks can he set going, they
may ensily extriIate their train from
peril, leaving come sadly blisicrcd brig.
auds behind.
Seven years after the close ~ the civil
war only six per cent ~ the soldiers who
served in the union army had applied
FOR pensions. Already mere thnn 20
per cent Of the men who e. listed in the
army for the war with SPAN have filed
pension applications, Eleven per cent
Of the men who fought in the Twentieth
Kausas with Funs'on are on the Ii Il ~
pension applicants. Many regiments
which saw no actual SERVER have Il
higher percentage thnn this. but even
the Twentieth Kansas Inns ~ far greater
average ~ men carried on the applicC-
ton list tiinn the average ~ civil war
regiments Mt q corresponding time after
the close ~ the war.
The greatest mineral collection in tue
United States is TINT owned 10y the
City Of New York, and Installed IL the
American Museum oi Natural History
Of New York CITY. This collection has
within the past year been entirely reno.
va'cd and II new wing to the Museum
given over to its use. The collection
contains upwards Of 100000 speoimonu.
Tho mounting and display il IN admir-.
able piece OF work. Tho City Of Now
York appropriates many thousands 81
dollars each year FOR the purchase u