Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-05-22

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school children, II boy aud II cir, diet
on the streets of brooklyn ,-ster,ln,
rum the tffe"ts of he heat. There
were three cas-s ~ heat prostratiou re-,
ported in New York. The the rmometel
stood ut 81 ut moor There were no
deaths in western Nevada yesterday
from the heat and no u troZe to death
Last night in Reno the mercury crawled
down close to the fceez ny point.
4 new process Of hardening steel
has been discovered in London which
is expected to revulutinuiZa the in.
dustry. by hardening it in "a vapor
Of quicksilver the steel liz rendered
SO hard that il will not rust md is
vastl. superior tn the present product.
Tests by the British government show
that the new method is all TINT the dis.
coverers claim. Ii seems likely tn
render rlIe present armor plate of ships
obsolete. The agent will soou leave for
he United States. He will present his
invention to steel meE.
PoAhy W .hipSIlCduS sIibT Tie
stage Of the Libertad theatre in Ma
Mia Friday night and stopped II sedit-
Ions play. The piece which is histori-
en-, has n climax in which the heroine
throws the flag to the ground and raises
the standard oi the Katipunan secret
society. When this scene WAS reached
4 score Of Americans sprang on the
stage, routed the actors. and smashed
the furniture. The audience He'd. Col.
Tol. TnIentino, d former insurgent. who
wrote the play. will probably be prose.
cuted.
The damage case ~ Mrs. kathe rine
Kennedy Va. the Southern Pacific Com
pany, III which the plaintiff was asking
Tor damages tn the amonnt Of $1,000 for
the death 81 her husband, Fireman
Kennedy. "hn WIS killed in the wreck
at FenlOu about two years ago, has been
settled by the attorneys in the case. Tie
case has been filed in the Federal court
mt Salt Lake but the settlement was
made ont nf court at Ogden Monday.
Thomas Marshall. attorney Tor the COM
pany. agreed with Judge w. l.. Magin
mis-, attorney for the plaintiff. to pay the
latter $4,000 i'll settlement Of the claim
and The money has been paid over.
One Of the most inn Ortan: legal decis-
ions ever announced in the Union VAS
given ont III Ohio last week ON the ques
ti"L Of the right Of Il labor union to or
der a strike. The appellate division Of
the Supreme court Of that State handed
down d decision which is in effect that
"A labor union has not the right to order
its men to quit work where they are in
receipt OF wages demanded by the or.
gnDiza'ioD, and where there is no at
tempt to employ n%on-uniCn workers,
but where the only question over which
there is any difference is d refusal Of the
employer to recognize the union or it's
representative.
Owing TO the limited seating capacity
Of Mizrah Hall and the fact that many
OF II people could not obtain favorable
seats, the ladies OF tie Guild having in
charge Friday nights dramatic and mus
ical entertainment, have decided to re
produce the entertainment again Oh
Saturday night. Those taking part are
rehearsing every night and an excellent
evenings hmusemen mt is promised tn all
who attend. Madam .Jarley's wax works
are funny. very very funny,and are alone
worth the price OF admissi III. Seats are
on sale now for either night at the tele-
phone Office. Secure them now and en-
courage the local performers with n full
house both nights.
The annual inspection of the Univer-
sity cadets took place on the campus
yesterday forenoon. Captain johnson
OF the 18th Cavalry was the inspecting
officer. After the inspection the re wis
a competitive drill between Company 4,
Captain X. w. l~Icssun, and Company Is.
Captain Whitaker, for the Lyman and
Martin cup and n prize Of $50 given by
the Grand Army Post Of Reno. Captain
Cox, Captain johnson and Major Long
were the judges. They awarded both
prizss to Captain Whitaker's Company.
They gave Captain Hessou the credit
Of handling his men better than Captain
Whitaker handled hia, but his men
were not so we'll drilled. Tho ISpE-
PENDENT would have been pleased il
Captain HcssOn had won the prizes.