Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1904-04-15

Mr.. and Mn. Picrrepont Beers Foste
OF New l~laveE, Coun. $, ppe,
over here yesterday morning on tll.i
way from California, for u week.
visit with Judge Browns family. Mrs
Foster is II cousin Of Mrs. Brown.
liirman Mott. a stranger, was rur
over by Il train i'll the Wadsworth yard.
Tuesday night. Both legs were horribl,
mnngled. lie WINS taken to the count
hospital at Reno and died while the
Physicians were amputatmg his lrgs.
4 North Carolina paper gets cit the
following good one: 4 mnuu lain of
pure /" ) has been discovered III Ne.
vada. The Democratic party had better
order sixteen carloads Of soonges
II IL hundred tons ~ towels and take
the next tram fnr Nevada.
Consta bic Mccoy has dc clared war or
the co"s roaming the streets and 70.
quests tir lNDErE DENT Ia give notice.
oi the fact, lie 81, he rucats businrss
this year and ;ha; AL stra! COWS will be
imprinted aud held unit! the fees are
paid lie has blood III both eyes.
The lNDErGNDaSr received "a letter
this morning from J. II. Spurlock, a liv.
cry man Of Woodward, Oklahoma.
stating tlnt the boy supp ,sed to ue
Dorsey COg-well, WAS thrown from a
horse upur TINT tpwp unJ thai A.. ~
dragged with his foot in the stirrup Mr..
Spurlock also w7ote abOu, the stone
tound IN the boys pocket. mention OF
which WIS made yesterday.
Senator Stewart Sent the following
message to the Republican State con
vention, through Hon. George :. Nixon:
PLEASE to the convention that
will not be Il Candidate for collection
to succeed myself" The message WAS
read by Oh, Smith Of Reno, who TOOK
OCCASION To launch NIxon's boom frr the
Senatorial toga. The boom was greeted
with cheers, so the Gazette says.
Senaior Spooner d Wisconsin saws
the best speech IF introduction he ever
heard was delivered 10y ii German mayor
OF a small town III Wisconsin, where
Sp0oner had engaged to speak. The
mayor said: Ladies und shentlcnaus.
asked hnt been tn intrutooSe you 10
the honorable Senator Spuoncr, who to
Won viii make Il speech. Yes | hat done
So, urd he vlll now 10 sU.--Exchange.
The Russian battIeship ~Pctupavlosk
ran on u mine Mt Port Arthur ycstcr.
day nnd sunk with nearly all on board,
Including Admiral MakarutT. The jap
anese fleet had appeared before the har-
Dor and the Russian feet went out ia
meet them. While preparing the line
OF bat,Ic III the outer roGdstrad, the Pet.
ropavlosk STRUCK a minc and turned tur-
tie almost Immediately. 1t is estimated
that eight hundred men went down with
the ship.
Judge B"pnIiirld came up last cv, n.
ing to try the case. of the Crock Broth
ers against Ed Goodale. Judge Brown
bcing disqualified. The plrintilTs sue
Tor an accountant; Of property transfer.
red +" the defendant by Il trust deed cx.
"r''t"i T." I]Tuiuct their creditors. They
clnI'I that the defendant dispose! Of the
property and refused to render The IN an
accouai. They ask the court fur judE-
n:rni III the sum ~ IS, o.. The 4, lr,d-
ani denies the allegations Of the con-.
p!nint and sets NJ u counter claim. The
irnI Will probably last several day.
In Il letter from james Dunn, ma,,-
ug"r nf WunucmucCa ball toss. hr writrs
that his nine ~ ready la meet ANY uin,
in Nevada and that they prefer Ia try
conclusions with the Eiko boys Ia all
others, they considering the Ello nine
the strongest i'll the statr-cxc, ptrng
their own. He says the Winucmuccaus
are willing to come to Elko and urges
that n game hc pulled oil at IN early
dat". This would be Il tip ;op Fourth
OF July attraction and M cndcavor
should he made to pull it oil on that
day. Winncmucca also has "A gun club
md some good hicyclr riders. So Inns
Elk" Why 10 arrange Tor II blue rock
contest and u bic, Gle relay
race: VIII someone call Il meeting and
start the ball rolling? It is time to act,
for soon ii will be too late.