Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-01-23
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY.
Salmagundi.

United STATES Marshall Eumitt has
entirely recovered from ms, recent i'll.
ness.
Mr.. a. Bruce is considerably under
the weather. Hope he will soon be ont
again.
Ex-Constable Charles lHeper N Reno
has accepted Il position on tho detective
force Of San Francisco.
Prof. Game il confined la his house
with a bad cold. His many friends hope
be will soon be well again.
4 rain storm set in last nigh, and still
continues. Rain in the Humboldt val.
ley at this season OF the yeur means
snow in the mountains.
The lady who left the collurette at
the Commercial Hotel on the night OF
the last dance will please call on Mr..
Clark and get it..
This forenoon the drillers succeeded
III getting the lost bit out Of the oil well.
1t has been a long hard struggle, but
perseverance and patience won the day.
Mr.. f. r. O'Neil and DR.. Merritt Hit
arrived from Los Angeles last night.
Mr.. O'Neil liz the brother Of Or. O'Neil
who died at the Depot Hotel yesterday
morning. From him we learn the de.
ceHsed was a native OF Massachusetts
aged ~ years and q months. Ills re-
mains will be shipped t" Los Angeles
tonight.
Early yesterday morning two men
held mp "a saloon and gambling house IN
rnn"pah AMI bagged about 5000. and a
diamond ring. While one Of the men
Went through the cash register, the
other kept ten meE quiet with Il revolt
yer George Cole, one al the proprictors
was shot while trying to get ont Of the
rear door. His wonnd is not serioue.
The mos profound question touching
the coal industry liz ~propounded by the
Philadelphia Rccn-d. 1t wants to know
what becomes ~ the profits? The mine
operators make nothing, nor do the rail
road nor the whnlcsale dealers, nor the
retailer. nor the miners Ercryb"dy
!nse~. and all keep Ito: ~ business at tie
same odd - md .-PItts5urg Post.
The Colorado river. after centuries oi
~irs"uiude. Is ro put t" work. l.. S
gcul 90 al surveyors are engaged in
l]""''mv for - suitable place to dam the
stream al II p"mi whcr,. IiIe immense
body 81 water can hc used for irrigatIng
p,Ir pose. = the construction %. Il dam
il f'rsIni". aud Ihr government builds
II. II viii s,ur. one ~ ;ht greatest
bodies "f water for irrigatng purposes
III drr " priJ.
An n]nusunl incident occurred in the
Iionsr of Representatives Yesterday.
Congressman Cochran 81 Missouri WIS
speaking on the Trucking policy OF
the United States toward Great Brit.
aim and snid that when tina trucking
ceased the people ~ Canada. now III.
tensely Loyal to England. would change
their attitude. = he uttered these
o:d Il st, lishly dressed young lnGy in
the gallery sun cut. You lie!" IN clear
ringing ones. The young woman lean.
ed forward iciinnily and tried to say
something further. but u companion
pulled her b rck aud she left the gallery
The Colorado legislature is having a
parrGt md monkey time IN the election
Of - United Stntcs Senator. The Re.
publicGns umscatcd six Democrats in the
Assembly and the Democrats turned
down seven Republican Senators, This
gave the Democrats two majority on
Joint ballot. The Senate then SPIT INTO
two bodies. the Democrats having the
majority ~ the Senators and the pos.
session Of the Senate chamber. They
had "a supply nf blankets sent in aud re.
manned in the chamber all al Monday
night. Yesterday a ballot was taken
i'll both branches separately and Sen.
ator Teller received iifty.onc votes. the
necessary lumber to elect. \ joint
ballot will bc taken today.