Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-08-28

Union telegraph Office have arrived anG
Operator Smith says they are all right
Messrs Smith and Sheldon hope To bt
in their new Office before tho end OF lle
week.
Sheriff Clark has returned from
Mountain City. He stayed Fnda,
night ut fuckers station and had H.,
pleasure nf meeting Mr.. Carroll aud MIR
Clinton aud their automobile. Tn,
cause Of all their trouble, the sheriff
shis. was Il leak in the gasoline tank ot
the machine. Mr. Tucker hauled the
machine To Johnson's on Saturday.
An editor WIS asked the other day
why editors do not always pay theil
bills the first time they are presented
and replied that an editor had too man,
pockets. In ms " case he had SJ2C
III cash, but il WIS carried in tive hun
drcd pock"tf. and the worst par. Of II
was that 100 ~ those pockets were in
other peoples clothes. Nor ia this an
IDLE Jest.
The Srnrchlicht has the following re-
gnrding the strike III that camp: All re-
ports l." tn" contrary the camp is very
orderly and nj no time liae violence been
rcsortcd to. The hopeful but unauthcn.
tic ruIy0r prevails that there will soon
be a general resumption Of work. But
how this il to he accomplished is i'm
possible to say. No direct overturcs
have been hell and neither eide has
shown any tendency Ia weaken.
\ frw days ago ~ II game III Smarts.
Vile. Cal, II baseball was battcd into
the field and rolled into a hole. Tho
reldcr reached down for the ball. but
instead got hold Of "A rOnnd boulder
which he noticed wns strcaked with
COLE. He immediately proceeded to
mHISc u home run. Ills father crushed
the bOuldcr. Which yielded s3i& IN golt.,
Carson City ID graccd with d man who
claims tO he Il distinguished parsonage.
According la his oHn story lc formerly
followed the bushes 81 train and stage
rOhbcr! III Arizona, and claims he be-
cam" 80 Obst rrpcrous that finally the
railroad company and Wells Fargo piac-
al him on Il salary Ia quit molcsting
them. Rcrcnily he haa been taken from
the pension roll and declares that II a
good cnsy position IL not dug up for him
gi,nvflI La, u,ll rnftrn o., Iia oil I,li
ness News.
Congressman Van Duzer will leave
Washington On the Doth Tor Tonopah ac-
c%Ompnnicd by Congressman Livingston
md =. &. Slater and &. &. Glover OF
Washington, ID. c.. Mr.. Glover Ia one
81 the wculthiCst men in the capital
CITY, being the controlling spirit in the
Riggs National Rank and beng largely
interested in numerous great corpora.
tons. Mr.. Slater IL Rlso Il man OF
wealth. Both are inclined To put their
money into good things. and it IL very
probable that Van will give them a run
for their rhino-if some Of Onr home pro.
lh'il'IH 'pl I XVI llN Nltl W lhNh '" tHl
-Tonopah Miner.
The ]cOroncr's jury that inquired into
the dcRth " 'hc man, shot 10y the Love
lock gnng oi robbers and who died from
his wounds in tho hospital Mt Winnie
mucca, fonnd that hiB name was Jack
WEIGH, Il native " Nevada, aged twenty.
ono ycurs, aud TINT Inc came to his death
on the 10th day Of August, 1907, by Il
gunaliot wounds inflicted 10y Il. +. Cor.
man. Fred Roberts, j. T.. SEWER and
Frank Williams. md charged them with
murder. Tho Humboldt county grand
Jury will meet the Inst ~ the week To in
vcstignir the murder Of Wrlch. IL IN
dicicd, the defendants will be given q
speedy irinI. II found found guilty
their bodies should he t0,iing before
nnow nica.
"Ono hcnra on all aidcs, ON tho part nj
President R0oscvclt'a fricnda,N says Il
contemporary. "ihc assertion that hC
considers himself the friend ~ tho grca,
corporations, the trusts. lle believes
that he Inns been of ipcetimablc scrvic,
Ia them, TINT he Ina saved them iron
destruction, TINT but for his action ar
~unimnriunhlo disaster would, bcfur,
thrp, have bcfallcn them" Tho Louis
vile Courier Journal rises Ia rcmarl
that having thus really saved the trust
instrnd IT busting Thorn, while Mt thu
same time having gained the admiration
~ tho trust busters by making u play I
convince them tlia! he also ia II trus
buster, surely Il would hc mngra,cfnl n
we'll IA AVIS on the part of the trust
not to cooperate with the iruat bust err
aud ut the proper time to shell out /
make certain Mr.. Rooscvclt'a rc.clcC
ton.