Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-07-14
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY
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their Pine valley ranch this morning.
Enroll Taber and Frank Gedney
vent to Deeth this morning to try q
sheep case.
On account OF the bills not being in,
the meeting Of the 18th Of July commit.
tees Is postponed until Thursday night
Mt 8 O'Clock.
The old water tank at Carlin is being
torn down by the railroad company. 1t
Id said that work will soon start ON the
new roundhouse
Herman Shirley, an old resident OF
Nevada, VAS found dead i'll the Sutro
tunnel Monday evening. He was
stricken with heart disease while driv-
n string Of mules.
Mrs. Eairvoid. accused OF causing the
death Of her little boy, has been e1-
oncrated by the coroner's jury at Reno.
All criminal proceedings against her
have been Dismissed.
a fire III Jos. Fredricks' paint shop
i'll Virginia City yesterday morning
caused a loss Of about $1,000. Spon-
taneous combustion il SAID to have
been the cause Of the fire.
Late yesterday afternoon there WIS Il
heavy wind storm that moved a greHt
deal of real estate into residences and
business houses and sent a great deal
more toward the Utah line. 1t was a
buster.
Ii is reported that 4 party OF Western
Pacific surveyors came through on No.
3 yesterday and stopped at Deeth. An.
other party it is said stopped further
east. Those here are still waiting Tor
instructions.
Japan has notified Russia that che
will not agree TO an armlstice pending
peace negotiations and that she will feel
free to continue military operations in
Manchuria until the plenipotentiarics
have agreed to terms OF peace.
President Roosevelt and Vice Presi.
dent Fairbanks were presented with
golk medals yesterday to commemorate
their inauguration ~ rulers OF this
country. Some one should now present
the president with a leather medal for
his windy vindicatioD OF Paul Morton,
his rcbnte secretary OF tho navy.
Switchmeu along the Salt Lake road
struck Tuesday for better pBy. Six arc
out at this point. Their places werc
rcudily filled all along the line and the
road 10 operating M usual. Tho com.
pany has announced a general increase
Of wages to take effect September lat,
but refuses to yield to tho demands OF
the striking switchmon ut the present
time.--Las Vegas Age.
Daniel w. Balcb, n resident OF
Virginia City Tor over % years, died III
Honolulu July July 3. Mr.. Balch con.
Quoted m assay Office on the Comstock
Tor mnny years. lilo was one Of the
originators Of the n. q. .. railroad run.
ming north from Reno and was severely
wounded in tho fight that took place
between the stockholders several ycars
ugo. lIo wus a native Of New York, 7S
years Of age.
a writer who has been Investigating
old subjects Of superstition among burg
lars gives il IA his conclusion that no
burglar will crack" n house whore a
female servant TIM. sguints is kept.
II a burglar secs three diiTcncnt horses
alp down in u day no will not work"
that night. Ono maj in the dock con.
iesscd that members OF his profession
| would mover burglnrizo houses with the
numbers o., %. III and IA.
a boiler IN the Spiking mill at Gold.
/ field. exploited Friday afternoon Mt
o'clock. killing James Spiking and Fay,
Tor liatos, the proprictor1. Tho accident
was caused 10y a high pressure OF steam
and the defective condition OF tho boiler
which had seen thirty ycars Of scr vice in
EIdorado Canyon before being taken e
GoldlcId. Bates was G5 ycars Of agC
and was a wcll.knOw minor in the Gold
field district. llc leaves a wife and fam
lily in Tintio, Utah. Spiking was mucl