Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-05-19
FROM MONDAYS DAILY
Salmagundi.

\ number OF knights OF Pythias from
Wells aud other sections OF the county
attended Mr.. Sproule's funeral yester.
day.
Tho Reno ministers and city officials
are to be given the oppor,unit! to wit.
ness the concessions for the carnival this
year before they are open to the public,
to pass Judgment upon their fitness.
George w, Sproule, brother Of the
late G. II. Sproule, will leave for his
home at Helena, Montana, tonight.
He Is forced to 90 so soon by his duties
rs clerk 81 the L. s. District Court.
Members of the music committee are
Office tomorrow evening at I o'clock Tor
the purpose OF making arrangements Tor
the Fourth ~ July dance. \ full
attendance is requested.
Members IL the two hose com panies
Of the Elko Fire Department are re-
qurstcd To meet at the Office 81 &. Il.
ii'la''AH'H ''llI'E WV llEhN at 'H''
Tor the purpose Of discussing a compcti.
tive drill on the Fourth OF July.
W. ". PcrcivaI, a former resident OF
Elko. arrived from Woodland. California
Inst might. Mr.. PcrcivHl Is nov uu-
ning IA large fiour mill at Woodland
aud Is here in the interest Of tic pro-
ttttf.t - l,, ,.,r1 IL. al rr,.t,t,., 81, "a
trade Hlong the raj. road.
Mrs. Rogers and Miss Chick are
moving their restaurant to the rooms
lR;rly occupied 10y the drugstore.
When they get settled. they will have
a cosy place Tor people tn get a square
meal. they will serve supper III their
new restaurant tomorrow ui-ht.
The Creek who WAS arrested in IInw-
thornc un suspicion Of being TortoTrici,
the Italian murderer wanted in San
Francisco. has brought cunt against the
sheriff OF Esmcralda county Tor false
imprisonment. lie says he was badly
treated 10y the officers and asks Tor
slO,0U0 damages.
Harry Jones and Bonnie Mcbride
have been elected captains Of the
university cadets. Bonnie will boss
Company \ mex year and Harry will do
tho same for Company s.. Tho lTpE-
PENDENT rougratulates both 81 them on
their success. Elko is strictly III IT at
the university.
Claude Anderson went 10 Drcth this
morning to take the place 81 4. II.
Borghulthaus III rnilruad agent and Mr..
BOrghultbaus came To tlko to take
charge Of this office. Mr.. BOrgholthaus
has a wife and four children y III
Denver who will move hero III June.
Tho new agent il very pleasant man.
Wednesday afternoon u fire at TUnO-
pah destroyed the property owned 10y
Henry StInlcr and Dave Tudd's dry
goods store. The loss will amount to
$1,000. While the fire wiz IN progress
two factions OF the volunteer fire depart.
mcnt INDUCED III n Tree fight, which
VIA ended 10y tho Sheriff arrcsting the
riuglcuhcrE.
Tho biennial report OF the state
superintendent ot Public Instruction.
Orvis Ring. says Nevada has 2i2 public
school listricis, 3!S schools and III 1901
employed 35S teachers to instruct $3.50
children between the ages Of Il aud Is
ycarn; spending for that purposc during
the fiscal year ended August 81, 1901.
S2jf, 800. Tho total number OF children
was li.2lT.
Nftcr being cut nm hour and fifteen
minutes Saturday afternoon, tho jury
that tried Dim Itcgnu in Reno Tor tho
murder 81 his muthcr.iB law, brought III
n verdict ~ granddaughter. Judge
Curlcr will pa2' sentence OH Friday.
The penalty ia FROM II to ton years III
tho ~pcnitcntiary. Iicgau says tho canc
will bc appealed. During the trial Miss
lIcRs, Rcgnn'a Fistcr.in.law, attacked
his mother on the etroct. Mira. R"gan's
hat was pulled oil nnd her dress torn.
rnpcra were filed In Careou Friday
evening charging Antoine licrcnat0,
owncsof Shave hot srrlngs. with breach
Of promiHc. Tho complainant Ia u widow,
who alleges that Bcncnato promised I"
marry her, and sho askp that ho bc made
to pay 5000 Jnmagcs. Tho suit hna
boon cIpcctcd Tor Fumc time. M he las
been trying to dispose 81 tho errlnss and
lonvr tho womnn aud her children.
Rrncnato cnnnr' bc found, mud II If
| supposed no has el.,ppcd the country
EutCrpriaC.