Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-07-22
FROM 'tIDlr'.S DAILY.
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pacKmg houses has been settled and
til" men have returned To work.
There are several cases OF sickness in
town, but nothing more than is pre- val
ent at this time Of the year.
The body Of II. Is. Walker Of Oakland
was found Wednesday in Il ditch near
Reno by two little girls. They will re-
ccive the reward Of 1900.
II new principal Of the Elko school
Ia quite n musician. Since he has been
Ill town, he has practiced with the band
boys and made himself useful to them.
The Sun rays the Tonopuh railroad
will be completed to the depot in ToDo
pah by Saturday night. Monday. Tues.
day and Wednesday next week will be
given up to the celebration Of tile event.
w. M. Gotwaldt has purchased the
Hartman Herald aud will change it's
name to the Sparks Headlight. The
paper will be issued semi-weekly md
the first issue will appear or the Both.
Grand Master Leeper and a number
Of prominent Odd Fellows of Reno have
gone to Fallon to institute a lodge OF
Odd Fellows. There are n number OF
Odd Fellows i'll the town md the new
lodge will start OFF with u large men,
bership.
y Denver clergyman is making n ser.
mou on tho subject of @rhe Mumm,'s
Message. II may be taken to mean the
declaration Of Theodore Roosevelt con
! corning civil service reform. On that
subject he is dead and dried ont Utah
State Journal.
The Democrats Of Mis- sou ri yesterday
routed the "StHic INA chime and numi.
mated Jos. ". Folk, the prosecuting at
torney 9! ST. Louis. for Governor and a
full, STATE ticket composed ~ his
friends. The convention was Il warm
one.
elias Wallace, who pissed bogus
checks on several Of R,no's business
men Il few months ago, has been on.
Victed " obtaining money under false
pretenses. IlJ played the same game 10
Winuemucca and served a Jail sentence
for his o~iTense. lie will now 20 to the
pea.
The preliminary examination Of
Harry Dunn, charged with threats to
do bodily harm, vas concluded yester.
day and he was discharged. Dislric
Attorney Henderson asked Justice
Morgan to investigate the circumstances
OF the case and charge the costs to the
complaining witness il no found suni.
Glen grounds.
Nevada horses are in demand through.
out the east, because Of the fact that
the animals from tho sagebrush State
arc tough and wiry and a ready sale is
found Tor them III tho Eastern market,
IT. Davis, Of G7etna, Neb., writes to
the postmaster ut LovelJck for info ma.
ton Us TO where he can obtain horses 10
carload lots, broke or unbroke.
Arrivals from Tonopah last evening
say that II general strike occurred Il la,
or two ago ON the Tonopah railroad.
The IL hundred and fifty men en-.
ploycd in construction quit because
their demand for u raise Of from g to a
a dny was not granted. Superintendent
Trip supplied tho places Of tho strikers,
paying the new mon SI.-Gazette.
Constable Mccoy svOro to u com.
plnint mt noon charging Lou Burklart
with the Club saloon burglary. I'm con.
n%ection with suspicious circumstances
TINT point TO him as tho guilty party.
We are informed that no has admitted
his guilt to Constable Mccoy and others
and lias agreed to refund the money
taken from the cash register Of tho Club
Saloon.
Constable Douglass came down from
T~uscarora yesterday md returned this
morning with Amos Gruce who il
charged with steallng Il gold watch
worth sl00 and sll in none from tho
storo Of Fostini Osula mt Jack Creek
last Sunday. Grucc had a partner who
10 still Mt large. Sheriff Clark arrested
Gruco on n telephone message from
Constable Douglass.
Tho sovereign who :eigns over the
smallest monarchy in tho world il the
King OF Cocoe. Il group Of islands ucar
Suma,ra. Those islands wore discovered
about 300 years ago by the captain o.
tho Keeling, but were co]mparatiycl,
little known until 1926, when Mr.. Rec,