Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-11-18

""u opdrks hnu that most Ot II Ii Tor
points nlon: She V & \. rid .& q.
railroad.
Tho district G, at il sill busy with
the Cali murder raSo. The ,Ie!ens e
rested tiis forenoon md the pro
introduced evidence in rebuttal. The
case will 20 to the jury this afternoon.
Henry q Dawn, iu:c demucratic eau
didate for vice president, celebrated
his Slst birthday Wednesday. Al
though he is not much Of d sprinter in
a political race, Mr.. Davis is a pretty
lively Old man.
n. l.. Guldagger, ut Jones old Stand
Is prepared to 20 Understandings i'll al
ot lts branches mt prices tO suit the
tunes. Horse shoeiug and wagon work d
speciality. 3n work guaranteed Take
your work t. Mr.. G~uidagger's should
you want It done well and at reasonable
Prices.
For rent abont january lot the
rooms nov occupied by the Elko Drug
Co., fitted up with counter, shelving,
show cases, etc. suitable for Il mercan-
tile business For further particulars
apply to &. +. Mayer.
The t;ar-on News claims tiat Yering.
ton IL now four votes ahead with a
bunch of votes III Lincoln county yet to
hear from. 1t will take the official can.
vass to decide who will represent Ne
vada III the next congress.
The Tonopah SIM OF the 10Th sayp
that seveu precincts in Nye county
had not reported the vote cast at the
election mud that the returns from the
most remote precincts would not be 10
until last night and perhaps not then.
The largest peanuts field in the world
are IN Guinea On the north coast OF
Africa. Peanuts are grown ther re by
hundredss OF tone, but the quality ia
inferior to those grown in this country.
Most OF the African peanuts are shipped
to France.
The thickness Of arnor on modern
war5hips is truly astonishing. The
side armor Of II first class battieshiu
usually varies from 1917 inches thick
at the top OF the belt to 81 inches at
the bottom, The gun turrets are
often protected 10y armor from ID inches
to IL inches thick.
Tho coroner's Jury tina investigated the
desth OF the man found in the North
Starr tunnel at Tonopah found that he
had been murdered. Tho mans skull
had been fractured hy a blow from q
miner's pick. The remains we're in
such IA condition that Identification was
impossible.
u. ). Marshall Grimmon arrived from
Carson this morning to attend the pre-
Gmiuar, examination of Alexander Lee,
charged with selling liquor to an Indian
Owing to his inability to lind the wit.
nesses and Important business Mt Reno,
Mr.. GrimmOn returned on No. 3 THU
afternoon.
James Mann, n cool; and gambler
and p. J. O'Halloran, a laborer on the
irrigation ditch, had a fight in the VIE
land saloon Mt Reno yesterday which
resulted in Mann firing several shots
n OF which plowed It's way through
O'llalloran's scalp. Both men were sc
intoxicated that they could give no in
telligent account OF the affair.
Only the very rich have fences nrounG
their farmers i'll Japan. The Japanese
do not like to spare the square feet d
fence would take up. IL a border round
n field is necessary it is made OF null
berry trees the leaves OF which arc
good for silk worms. 1t is said thai
10000 acres that would otherwise be
taken up with fences are thus used,
Russia still holds Port Arthur, bu'
the Jnps arc giving the garrison NJ
rest. Fighting has taken plnce night
ly since the Japs began their a scbul'
on October Goth. The sharpqbooter.
Ct both ssdes occupying the pits con
verse with each other and frequently
make individual truces in order L
borrow cigarettes or to relieve theiI
crarped limbs.
The Korean, who is IL poet before III
is II cultivator, speaks Of his rice as "Tht
Golden Sand When it sprouts it i
"Ihe Bright Green Field" 1t ther
becomes "Ihe Blue Green Plain.
When it begins to rlpsn it is "The Mot
tied Jade Wave" When cut il ia 18th,
Yellow Ice,' and when harvested it il
"Ihe Homo OF the Golden Child"
Mrs. Clay Irland, Harry Ir!and nnt
his wife and two children OF Placsrville
California, and Mrs. Dan Coll OF Reno
arrived this morning en.route to Tus
carora to atrend the funeral Of the lat,
Clay Irlnnd. They we're met here b,
Thos. Irland. brother OF tho deceased
who took tho party TO Tuscarora b,
private conveyance. The remains vii
be taken TO Tuscarora for burial. I'll,
funeral will tako place Sunday.
Daring tho three ycars the Boo
prisoners were informed on the islRnC
Of St. Helena tho death ratio among til,
~nuiiynp r,e, rrnnyly A., IQnO A.. .na