Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-03-11
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FROM FRIDAYS DAILY.
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The wind ~ yesterday and last niyht
brought several inches " Fuow. Tcda,
the sun slines and the suuw il dis
appearing rapidly.
Ii Russia had had all the wurships
that III" japanese claim to have sunk.
she would have been III, foremost naval
power in the world.
The latest reports FROM the seat of
war say that Ill tx uuic, at V~ludivustuk
and Port Arthur. There is no news
from ,hc land forcpe.
\ lamp III tie: residence .: Mrs. u. T..
Sra'"@ ~ Rem" "rrl"d"h "Wednesday
nuh Mrs. Sales snu;hrrri iIi" blaze
win Blankets from the bed.
Mr.. G. Kuu'ZFn lett this muru;ng for
Bullion, where he has two shuts work
'ng in his copper mine The indica
tions are very Iavcr .hlr and they expect
to strike Il rich tod, 81 copper ore any
time.
Word was received III ih:s riit last
evening that ii grea; ore iini has been
made near Kecler. Tie rock ASSAYS
many thousand dollars in gold ind Is
sail T." he quite eXtcnsive.-Carson
News.
The proposition To- divide New York
into two states Seems To meet with APP
rrcV1l in soma pIac.s 'rla W..b;,u,,.
Post urges thnt il be lone and TINT one
state he called Manhattan nni the other
Martial.
Joseph T.. Jones, one 81 the c~arlies,
settlers of WashUe county and one nf
the best known men III Western Nevada,
died III Reno yesterday morning, lie
had lived i'll washoe county over forty.
three years.
Bradle! IL Dunn are fixing up the
barroom Of the Commercial Hotel in fine
style. \ new IL complete bar outfit
has been put in md the floor covered
with linolehm. The Reinhart
put down the linoleum.
\ Chicago dispatch Of the 9;h says.
SPECIAL ruuLd TIP tickets from Pacific
coast points to the 81. Louis Worlds
Fair have b, en- fixed Mt SG7.G0. Tickets
can be bought only three days in each
month from May to December.
\. terrific gale swept over Cal fornin
yesterday. Big land and snow slides
oprurrpd in Iba mnunfuipo tnnr,nu nm,
telegraph poles and ob. tructing the
railroads. This ~ccounts Tor the delay
in No. 1 md the castbound flyer.
Owing to a clear case OF forgetfulncss
on the part OF the editor, the proceed.
:ugs Of the county commissioners at
their last meeting were omitted, There
was no business of particular importance
transacted, he wever,-only the routine
work.
Colonel Griffith, who shot his wife iC
the eye at the Hotel Arcadia, Santa
Monica, was yesterday sentenced to two
years imprisonment in San Quentin and
to pay a fine OF 5000, the extreme
limit OF the law. Tho case will he ap
pealed.
Ii Storey county tax rate has been
fixed Mt Si.l0 in Virginia City; 81 80 in
Gold Hill; and S3.l5 in outside districts.
This is Il reduction OF ID cents from
what it wins last year 10 cents III the
county rate and . cents in Virginia City
and Gold Hill.
President Roosevelt has issued AN Tx
ecutiyc order commanding all officials
OF the government. civil, military and
naval, to strictly observe his neutrality
proclamation and 10 abstain from action
or speech which would cause criticism
from either Russia or Japan.
The Tonopah. Rhodes railroad com.
pany has filed n mortgage on the road
in Carson City. 1t is n lengthy docu-
ment i'll favor OF the Philadelphia Title
& Trust Company for $3.50, 600, drawing
six per cent interest. Tho mortgage
will be recorded in Nye and Esmeralha
counties.
Merrill Schillcrstrom. Il student "
the high school, has concluded to take
the examination for the cadetship to the
Annapolis Naval Academy. This will
necessiate the holding OF an examination
here. Tho INDEPENDENT congratulatcs
the y%oung.mnn and hopes no will win
the prize.
4 Now York chemist claims to be
ablo to mako oil out OF water, md is
wondering whether ne may bo able ia
sell his secret to the STANDARD Oil com
pnny Ter II good round price or to be
poisoned because the company may
consider him dangerous tn its interests
Over forty lots Rave been transferred
in Fallon during The past week md the
real estate men are all busy. Scvcra
new buildings atC now in course 81 con.
]siructioi. and the contractors have I
large number in view. II IL understood
That r'alloD il To have thrcc ncw s]aloUur
u restaurant and bakery. besides scvcra
other business enterprises -- i'nllor
Standard.