Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-02-12

ScS mOo- 'IGcnOs has JUST recGlveu q
fine liue u! ready mice clothing
Owing to the Ladies' Guild serving
supper ut the China restaurant Friday
evening, there will be no supper served
for the dance mt the Commercial Hotel
that night. Short orders will be
served as usual.
IL ,ou want to scnd your friends a
valentine Of the scrtimeutnl or comic
variety. Won can gr; :he"r AZ he store Of
Mrs. Ga-rccht * Daughter. lii"y hnve
everything in that line Il: prices to suit
the times. See the ucx I'll.
The annual Statement ~ the opera
tious of Well, Fang" Il t.. n the state of
Nevada :Or toe Year lgr j list publish.
ed, show the following Justices ans
acteu: Gross express receipts, SIl5,.
559.04; expenditures, sl03.4oS -.
At this dinner the claret was twenty
years old, which was twice rs old rs the
brandy was when the Gorgonzola cheese
was us old as the brandy WIS tIIr Il; and
" hen the cheese wns brought Oh seven
guests rose aud left the table. How old
was the cheese?--Brownins'5 Magazine.
Mrs. Chas. T.. McFarlin, Of Butte,
Montana, with her two little cons caine
III IN thls mornings tram from Reno.
Mrs. McFarlin ls IL sister Of attorney
AI.r.r AAI,l-,a - LlHyA md mill
speud II week visiting her brother and
family before proceeding t" Butte City
to join her husband.
Mrs. Fannie Kelley, IN old resident OF
Reno. committed suicide yesterday
morning by hanging her eli to d beam
III the wOudsiird. She 'uai ,l"d one end
a small rope TO the ratIcr. III the shed
and with the other end arnuUd her neck
she had thrown herself tor ward and
stranglcd to death. She IA
seventy six years Of age aud mad been
half de.nentod for some time.
Seventeen members OF the Filipino
stationed at Nigan, one of
the leading business ccnters OF LuZon,
have deserted. taking with them fifty
niles, 5000 rounds Of ammunition and
500 obtained 10y loO,ing the commits
-ary lie department.. Eighty others Joined
They will doubtless proceed to
nssimilate the Americans
and the FIlipIu"- vino are loyal To- the
Tn ted Stntes.
Ten cases OF measles are reported at
the university. Mrs. E.kIns the matron
VITO is III char - 81 the hospital, tas ten
patients TN Ter her care. Fortunately
of the ""srs "-c dangerous. Dire
Thoma and Gibbs n vlsitr the uni
verify hospital Sunday ana reported
that there IL uu Immediate danger,
though II any new cases develop the
.universIty will he placed under qunran-
journal.
Piedmont Francis S~uvIElen, Who Ii in
jail III ,tm Cit, u Mexico FOR exposing
the frnudr uf lie lottery combine while
ondcnt II American new spapCrs,
is stated Ia have been II resident OF the
when a boy by u reliable
~ the Reno journal,
from Crp la, Sinaloa. Mexico.
Action should he tak"I to secure Sa-
v]Iuirn.> r"'"nsc through tie federal gov.
Isnmrnt.-Vrsinia it, report.
4 Do ;ge Git, bpot,rgscr admits that
he made most Of the stuff he sold IA
jiis formula was; One gallon
NJ alcohol, two gallons " water, one
pound Of pruncs, half pound Of tobacco
lnd AN ouuc" q" glycerine. Boil the
prunrs nni ,qurezp the juice ont, and
max. "rhis,' he says, proud
~, makes - fine drink, and is warranted
Ia do the work. lie used Ia keep it in
kcrns cane Ia avuiI suspicion Kan.
Sag City Star.
The people ~ baltimore are rapidly
from tho first effects Of the
big tire. Its citizens are directing their
energies toward the preservation OF
the fire Inns LET; them. 4 strong
force ~ police guard 'hr burned district
TO protect the immense treasure in the
% the hlmIs and Trust COM
that went down in the fire.
lhr re- is no awlessncss and tho city is
under military control. Tho repre-
a~cLtatlvr- Of the Insurance companies
cstimatc tho loss ut 1925 900, 900 with M
Of $4,000, 600, Not a single
lie wus lost.