Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-06-30
FROM THURSDAYS DAILY
Salmaqundi.

Material for the railroad to Gard.
nervillc If arriving at Carson.
The supreme court is wrestling with
the coDstitutioDRlity of the eight hour
law.
Grand Marshal Henderson has the
car OF state well Inder way. 1t will be
a splendid feature Of the procession.
4 fire at Tonopah yesterday morning
in the Lathrop Davis warehouse in the
center Of the city caused Il loss OF 81 900.
All the young ladies who will volun-
tcer for the sar OF state are requested to
meet at Leonard Hall at 7:3O this
evening.
As the flyer pulled out Of Reno yeeter-
day morning, II hobo grabbed Il passcn-
gers hat, The passenger jumped from
the train and recovered his hat, but
missed the train. The hobo escaped.
Mr.. Garcia has started q popular cub
s%cript'on /" purchase his prize saddle for
President Roosevelt. This saddle tool
the gold medal at the ST. Louis EXPOSE.
tion md would be a valuable addition
tn the Presidents collection. II will
also be a testimonial Of Nevada's re-
speCt for the only President who ever
took Hn interest in her welfare. See the
al elsewhere and subscribe to the fund.
Alfred Bennettr, a mill man Mt Silver
City, committed suicide Monday night
by shooting himself through the head.
Ills body Was found in bed in his room
over the stable. He had placed the
the barrel OF Il 3s.calibre pistol in his
mouth and pulled the trigger. No
cause is assigned for the act as he was
well Of financially, over 300 being
found i'll his pockets. lie was a native
ot England aged So years.
Mr.. Mauk has received another an.
onymous letter through the mail. The
last one WIS tho cut OF the coffin, pub
lishcd in the INDEPENDENT last week.
1t was pasted to the flap OF IN envelope
III which were pasted tho words mo
joke cut from zone paper. The nd
dress on tho envelope was cut from a
paper and posted on. The general
makeup OF the address and enclosure
bears the ear marks OF the first letter.
The Kansas City Journal tells n story
that IL plRstcred all ovor with a big
moral. According to tho Journal, a
merchant asked O Salina editor to roast
tho city administration for letting an
itincrant peddler como in there and
undcrEell him on goods. This ia what
the editor wrote: City dads. you will
hereby take notice that you are roasted
for permitting peddlers to cell goods
here. Tho merchant for whom we do
this favor has HE job printing done in
Chicago
a bloody fight took plnce at Pilot
Knob. near Ely, last week between John
Glavin, n miner. and three Cinnamon,
tho latter beng severely beaten. Tho
Cinnamon conduct MI eating house. and
when Glavin protested against the faro
ho was receiving, tho Celcstials resented
hrs words. One Of them assaulted him,
md whom tho others, armed with kiich.
en- knives, joined in, n fight tlint wrecked
tho eating house followed. Two OF tho
Chjnamcn wore beaten almost to denth,
mud tho other M. Glayin will not DO
arrested.
There arc no gold mincs in tho United
States. eays tho Mining World, with
shafts cCcIcdrng or nearly approaching
some Ot tho Australian gold mines in
depth. Tho goli mino Of tho Now
Chnm railway IN Victoria, Australia.
has rouobcd a depth 81 $3.50 feol, and
this mino has Tor a year or two been
considered the deepest gold minc on tho
cnrth. Tho Victoria quartz mino at
Bcndigo, Victoria, has reached u depth
| Of 300 feet on ito main shaft, and
' from tho level Mt this point a winzc has