Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-07-24
4 0 MONDAYS DAILY.
Salmauundi.

oohn ~lienurrsun returned yesterday
from his eastern trip.
E'i. Perez has bought II half interest
ID No"dI'- livery stable.
". +. Fri 'cemnn, secretary OF the
lownsIt" COM amy, arrived from Den.
yer On M. =.
C"nst. bic Mccoy went north Satnr-
day nigh Oh IL business trip. lie will
liz gone ahOut a week.
DIR. \. !. ilood arrived from Adrian.
Michigan, Saturday afternoon. lie will
remain with us for ZONE time.
Another IUr'. of H.t:rru Pacific sur
vc!'Fs tx III Il" 80. Tie, vl!! begin ut
II punt twelve milrs west 81 E,lko and
survey "asi IL IT, meet "a part,
c"m'"r this WY. They nuy =" rs fa-
cIi IL J, 7
AhnTi 9 "'rinck this Tor. the.
news wis Il tsi,,l over the wires tlni
Pope Lao had just died. 1t appears
from tli" last v"rsitIon nf the Porr
lila! I ~;r,iIEai Orir.l WE, IrIs star. Pope
Leo Nill Was one If he .rct men Of
his age.
The O~ldsmobile arrived FROM the
West shortly after ) o'clock Sunday
afternoon. II stopped in front Of the
Commercial Hotel md was soon sur.
rounded 10y IL curiout crowd. Tie ma
chime was put in DIR. GardncI'5 stable
TOR the night. 1t was still in town when
this WAS written.
Ii preliminary examination Of
Thomas lnGles, one oi the men accused
Of robhimp "a Spaniard at rs d last
week. occupied Justice Morgan's arten
tentiuD today. The State rested this
forenoon Hnd the defense began it, side
Of the case and still held the floor when
this report closed. lnglcs and his part
ncr. tlagnrd, were al mitted to bail Sat
urdRy night, lngles' bond WIS liked M
goa and ~liaggaId's at 81 Geo.
Coroner Morgan held mn inquest yes.
terday on the remains 81 tLc man killed
Saturday III the tunnel at RyndCn.
The jur! found that hi- name WAS .Jer
old Managing, u native Of Ireland, aged,
30 years, and that he came t" his death
by beng crushed 10y falling rocks.
The accident was caused by the timbers
III the tunnel giving way. Another man
Sas injured by the falling rock, but no,
seriously.
To he young man who drinks, the
great railroad corporations say, moth
ing Tor you.- Let him stand N the line
when some large factory advcrtises for
competent men, and the answer Is.
pass on Apply Cor iusuran CO and the
application comes back, -ReJccted.-
Knock at the door of good society mud
hear the answer, Not at home Over
the gates Of the Kingdom il written,
NO drunkards shall enter here.-Ex.
We are. indeed. passing rapidly INTO
the age Of woman. Wc hive had the
bronze age aud the ston5 age md the
WA hh' u 'Nlltl IuItt lht lltUl. I'll
il is not ont Of the ordinary to have the
womnn's age. 4 woman lawyer defend
ed some burglars u few days ngo and the
women truck drivers got through IL mob
at st. Louis some time ago. In Kansas
they have women officials III some conn.
ties and u woman elsewhere was a hunco
woman, and wOmen are running racing
stables. There were women ballplnycrs
and women farmers without number.
And the list could be continued. Let
the work go III. Perhaps the day will
come when the men can stay at home
and the women earn the living. We
would have "A barrel of fun
At the present time it is stated there
are owe a million and Il quarter railway
employees in this country, making an
average Of over COO men per 100 miles u
track. Eight years ago there were only
al to each 100 miles. An interesting
comparison between the casualties that
occur in railrOnd lie and in warfare il
shown in the Army and Navy journal.
In the Spanish American war in 1888
there were 2i,223 casualties. including
those among the SpaDinrds and the Fill.
pin0s, This wHs only 8 per cent Of
those ON railronds in the United S,ntCs
and those among Americans engaged in
the two wars was only . per ccut Of
those on %rnilwnys. II may not he ns
comfortable and well paid Ia bc a sol.
dicr, bnt il ccrtui3ly seems safer to
join the army than the ranks Of the rail.
way employees.