Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-08-21

In the first three months OF 1903, S37
persons were killed and ll.iSl injured
on the railroads OF tho United States
The number bankrupted by inflated
railroad stocks and bonds is not a mat.
ter Of record.
+. Murphy and j. Hanley, convicted
of burglary AT winnemucca, have been
sentenced to five years each in tho peni.
trntiary by Judge Bonnifieid. They
brok" INFO IA cnr and .tole ever, thing in
sight.
lie how Saturday night caught the
usual haul Of suckers, both old md
yonng. Reports say TINT ther. was a
big house and that rotten" WAS the com.
ment Of nearly every one when the show
was over.
III" day after the fire little Joe 1aber
hskcd his father il the store had all
burned. Ills father told him everything
he had was burned. Little Joe thought
II moment and said: -You're all right.
papa, you wont have to buy u meter
nov"
senator Platt nUiuInatcs Senate: Al.
dricb Tor Vice President. Tho uomina-
ton may look Ike the sly thrust Of IN
enemy, but the country should recall
what happened to Platt's preceding sc.
lection tCr the Vice Presidency -Elmira
Gazette.
Tie Water C%ompnn! has "a very in.
porlnnt notice rlsew here. that everybody
should rrad. II tells nbOu: u scarcity
of water and tn" causes II the scarcity
and requests tile people not to use water
Ill excessive quantities. Read the notice
carefully and act accordingly.
IL. Broad well, OF R~alston. claims 10
" the largest steer III Oklahoma. The
steer liz three years old, raised rxclu.
sivcly On rn: re grass. aud is lgl, hands
high. II weivhs2,0S0 rour lis mud meas-
ures IL feet from the end Of its nose 10
the tip 81 its tail.
More than 1000 tilipinos are coming
to the worlds fair. The Filipino idea
OF the American from what they src in
Manila liz that when they are not Sleep
ing they are drinking beer. We fear
they will not be thoroughly n%nleceiycd
when they reach st. Lnuis.
y mRn can't understand how six
INT can understand what all are
say ing To each other when they all talk
nj once any more than he can under
stand what one woman means when she
talks all at once.
j. Belcuve, a Carson merchant, has
hlcd IA petition III bankruptcy, His
liabilities are placed ut about $500 and
his assets are about the same. The
heaviest creditor il the Carson bank
which holds notes ~aggregating about
$50.
The Thomns Hunter Company will
owe their goods into the temporary
store rs soon ~ il IL completed. When
the stock IL mo we'd from the old store. il
will bc torn down and a brick building
Will take its place. Carpenter Stewart
is building the temporary store.
4 daughter ~ the late George Pull.
man. the palace car maguate, receives
fifty thousand dollars Il year for naming
tive cars when finished AT the factories.
She was evidently trying to give full
valuation for her salary when che named
ore Of the cars that was attached to No.
4 this morning. II was named the
-QuaDzintecomatzin." We offer no re-.
ward Ia the person that can pronounce
the name correctly.
Tho Reveille says that one day last
week IN Eastern jcwelry drummer
alightcd from Il tram mt Battle Nom.
tain and put his sample ease down.
stretched his arms and legs and viewed
the surroundings when he went to
pick up his case presto change, it had
disappeared. There is no clew, Mt last
accounts, as To whom it was that got
away with the sample case that contain
ed $1,000 worth Of jcweIry.
Zachary Taylor died in Off &C. and Mil
lard Fillmore, a New Yorker, IA Vice
President, became President. james
\ Garfield died in ullicc and in the same
way G.. \. Arthur became President.
also Il New Yorker. William Nick inley
died in Office and in the same way Thee
dOTc Roosevelt, II New Yorker, became
President. Fillmore and Arthur tried
10 he nominated for prrsidcn, and were
not.
According Ia the story published in
the Carson Ncwe, one bunch Of the cR.
cnpcd convic,s were Mt Gilmore Springs
about ten 'uilcs from the TnIlnc House,
Lake Tahoe, Inst Saturday. They went
into the hotel there, ate Il hearty
meal. md left with Il tot Of provisions.
The bunch that officer Terrell ,raiipd
with his bi0odhounds spent Sat urdny
night Mt Mountain House, Il station ON
tho rond between Garducryille and Wei.
~lington. the latter place being in Smith
valley. Nevada officers are letting them
nlonc.
This afternoon ma f.. &. Smith was
walking past the Senate saloon n man,
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