Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-06-12
lFRoM FRIDAYS DAILY
Salmaqundi.

Lake yesterday.
Mrs. { l,arman is still confined to her
bed. She rests comfortably aud is in
good spirits.
Secretary Of State Douglass has the
thanks -! the INDEPENDENT for a copy
OF the Statutes Of 1903. The volume il
considerably larger thap it's predecessors
md contains a great many laws, good.
bad and Indifferent.
The flood situation mt East s.. Louis
remains about the same. The river has
fallen slightly. hut until the re is u decid.
ed decline in the food the city will be
Mt the mercy ~ the wall Of water that
surrounds it on three sides.
Everybody should bear III mind that
they are invited Ia attend the COM
mencement eXeI ciscs of the high school
whether they receive Il special invitation
or not. You will be rs Welcome in the
one case rs in the other.
NJ. \. Simmer, an athlete. gave an ex-
hibition on the streets yesterday after
noon and last evening. lie lifted Lam
der Taber, who weighs 30 pounds, with
one hand and did other stunts in lifting
that Hstonished the natives. Ray Harris
felt Of his muscle ani ri ruck out for tall
timber.
Lightning struck an electric power
pole near liufrakers, Tuesday, ON which
Fred Brown was fixing the power line
That Mr.. Brown was not killed seems
miraculous. but, as it wns. beside a
slight shock he experienced no i'll effects
and was able to continue working the
same as befOre.-Chronicle.
Wednesday evening Captain Conrad
and Lieutenant Pyne Of Virginia City
mustered in Il command OF Spanish WA
Veterans at Reno. The organization
starts oil with a charter membership OF
thirty-tive. Charles Stoddard was elect.
ell captain; Walter Wright first licuten-
ant aud Frank Cam pbell, Second lieu
tenant.
Rochester. New York, had "A lire yes.
tcrday that destroyed from six to eight
hundred Thousand dollars worth, 81
property. The blaze started in the Pan.
cost building and That and IN entire
row Of buildings on Fitzhugh street
were destroyed and several buildings in
State and Allen streets were badly dam
aged. There was no lUss Of life.
During Il terrific thunder storm Tues
day evening, a man was struck 10y light
ming and instantly killed five miles be.
low Truckee, the electric light and tele
phone system OF Reno was put out Of
commission and the deuce was to pay
generally i'll the Riverside city. The
Journals power failed to materIalize
and the force was unable to issue a
paper Wednesday morning.
After the reporter left the Justice
Court yesterday afternoon, Justice Nor.
gan fined Mr.. Wilson and Mr.. Earring
ton. the bellicose attorneys, ten dollars
each and dismissed the case against DR..
Scott. Neither OF the attorneys had the
necessary CON in his pockets to pay the
fine and were given time to dig 1t up.
Tho dismissal OF fhe ease against Dr..
Scott accords with the INDEPENDENTS
iieas OF justice.
\ lot Of young fellows in an Ohio
town had Il good time with a tramp last
week. They took Inn into n shed, gave
him a good bath, shaved him md cut
his hair. They then bought a new suit
OF clothes, white shirt had a stand up
collar and dressed him up complete.
But when they attempted to burn his
hobo clothes he objected and fought for
them with such desperation their sus.
picions were aroused and upon search
ing they found Sl,iG0 scwed up in the
coat.
City Attorney Joseph W. Folk Of 81.
Louis, who Inns been prosecuting tho
boodlcrs, refused the offer Of u $4,000
residence rendered him by the citizens
Of st. Louis. Mr.. Folks action in the
matter will not only commend HIM to
the public generally but will leave him
free Ia do his duty without fear or
favor. There Is an old proverb which
suggests that u gift is more expensive
than q purchase, and il il worthy to he
horne in mind. When one pay4 his
" way he is moro Independent thnn
he is when he he is the recipient IL pc.
cuuiary favors. will the Republican
papers that are commcndung Mr.. Folk
draw a parallel between a house. such
as Mr.. Folk refused. and u Il. Il. train
such rs the President nc ceptedP-Com-
mOncr.
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