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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-12-21

ginning Monday, January IA. He has
also been appointed by Sanford d Ladd
Of the State Bar Association rs a menu
Der Of the committee on statutory
amendments Savannah Democrat.
Unknown parties made au attempt
last Sunday morning, at IN early hour,
to blow up the asssy Offices OF John
Powell and Ross Woodward, at Gold.
field, with dynamite. The explosive,
for come reason, failed Of it's purpose.
aIn. Margaret Scanlon, an sged
morning near Cobre. The remains were
brought to Elko on No. 5 this morning.
The c%oroner's jury brought in u verdict
that the deceased came to her death by
natural causee. She was about s5
years o; age. The remains will he ship
ped to De MoinP, Iowa tomorrow night.
MADRID, Dec. lj-Tho Imperial to-
day Gays TINT the Spanish government
was stupeticd to learn that Cardinal
Merry Del Val, the papnl secretary OF
state, had requested the Spanish an.
bassador at Paris to AXE over the
archives OF the nunciaturc abandoned
10y Manager Mnuiagnini. The amhass-
ador at Paris refused to do SO and asked
Madrid for instructions.
Some newspaper men are terrible
liars. In writing Of a o~ycloue out west
II Of them SAID il turned a well inside
out, "A cellar inside down, moved q
townsite line, blew the slaves out OF a
whiskey barrel and left nothing but n
buDg hole, changed the day OF the week.
blew n mortgage oil "A farm, blew all the
cracks ont Of a fence ana knocked the
WIND ont OF a politiciau.-Exchangc.
An editor in Indian Territory was
running the motto in his paper: ave
tell the truth" Last week he received
q "call' from a large man who objected
to the truth being told, md in conse-
quencc the mott" disappeared and tue
following was II sCrt'd: "Until we re.
from the injuries recently re.
oeived, this paper viii lie Just like the
rest OF them
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for his act and went on his way. III,
shooting was not done at tie time Of IN,
incident, Thompson waiting until som,
time afterwards betore committing III.
foul deed.
Bert Dale and j. McIutyre have pur
chased the Vienna Cafe, formerly unde,
the management Of Jaquette & Glider
These two gentlemen are experienced
hands IN the restaurant business and
Will undoubtedly MAKE a success.
NORFOLK, Neb., December ia cold
wave struck this section last night, the
mercury gong three degrese below zero
Coal is very scarce on the Rosebud re.
servation, north Of this place, settlers
paying sls a ton tor soft and $50 for
hard coal.
The japanese consul at Honolulu
eays that the visit az squadron abich
Will arrive ut Homo nlu ~ February will
not proceed to San francisco ma origin.
ally intended because n repetition OF the
OF the Maine disaster Is feared, owing to
the alleged overwroasht conditions of
American feeling.
LONDON, December la--Eleren more
frmale sntfragisia todny elected To spcnd
Christmas III jill rn.her thhn ply small
ines for creating disturbances within
the precincts OF the house OF
last night. The women are apparently
proud OF jo:r ny the so.called asuf.
trHgisis" who already are in prison.
OGDEN, December ls.-The coal
famine in Nevada ia abont at an end.
In answer TO AN appeal from the people
OF the mining camps aud railroad towns,
a trainload OF coal was start. d west from
here yesterday md seven carloads were
shipped this morning. roropah, Gold
field and other mining ~centers have
been without coal Tor several days md
much suffering resulted.
Dutch Creek camp, on Tie Walker
reservation, is booming, There are 300
tents and 400 people in the town. The
industries are two blacksmith shops.
Tour restaurants, three feed corrals, four
saloons barher shop and ii meat market,
One men engaged III the saloon business
at Dutch Oreek. having opened up n
shop with six beer and six whi,ky
GLASSES, but with plenty Of fluid. He
did Il business Of $3.50 the first day.
Charles Waller, an Elko boy, died at
Lovelock yea terdRy morning. Charlie
was baEn aud raised in Elko and had
many friends here. Although he Ind
been failing IN health for same time
death was unexpected. lie leave a
oro'hcf HTadiey, at fuckers Station tn
monrn his death. Charlie vas a goou
honest and industrious youDg man and
we all regret to learn OF his eudaon
death.
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Cnristmas will 500 he here and when
il has passed the merchant who has a
lot Of follower stuff will get around IN
the back yard and kick himself vigor-
ously for not lett ~ he buyers Of holi-
day goods know through the columns Of
the INDEPENDENT that he was in bus
iness. 1t always pays to advertise il you
have anything to sell.
Boise, Idaho, De. l3.-Bullets from
weapons held by women killed two meu
in Idaho today. The first was j. Wene-
Job, who was shot through the head by
Lille Lamont who then sent a Eullet
through her own throat attempting to
commit suicide. She viii prof ably die.
Tho second ease WAS ihnt Of Thomns
Daley, OF Mania, y no ives killed 10y a
woman. 40.
Griffith j. Griniths, the Los Angeles
capitalist who was rclrW ed from San
Quentin a few days ago after having
served seventeen months ior shooting
his wife at SANTA Monica. returned to
Tonopah yesterday. u" refused to talk
to newspaper men on his prison ez
periences and disappeared soon after
his arrival. Grlfiths' property holdings
have increased to such IN extent that he
has returned from prison To find hi mself
a millionaire.
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Proceedings at the initial eeasion OF
The State teachers institute at Reno
yesterday we're confined addresses by
Mayor Wilson, George Anderson Of the
Elko school, and DR.. Adams Of the State
university. There was e fair aiten-
dance.
10 order TO force legislation which
will require the licensing Of all under.
takers in Nevada and IN order to es,ab.
hsh a school Of embalming in Reno for
tho undertaken established throughout
the State, All organization Of the Nevada
Funeral Directors was perfected the
other day Mt ReGo.
@fhsre days without telegraphic
service on account OF three miles OF
poles and wires down in many inacceesi-
bic roints on the mountains is the plea
Of the Western Union. enys the Gold
field Chronicle. ltis a wornout excuse
Of a decrerlt concern. We join cordial.
~ with the Chronicle in demanding a
better service for Goldfeld and all the
state.
Whi'e Charles NJ. Schwat, the multi
millionaire. was at Greenwater several
weeks ago, II town bum approached
aud asked for enough money to buy a
dinner. Schwab handed the fellow 81.
Shortly after the Greenwater citizen
was waited upon by n number Of fellow
residents WHO administered a phi, eical
rebuhe chen sent u committee to MIR.
ScBwab with 81, telling him that Green.
water citizens did not find it Necessary
to beg.
The widest hour ever chronicled in
the history o: Nevada viii go on record
dating from l2m., january It'll to l a. IN.
January 7th says the Goldtield News.
During this hour hundreds of pounds
OF dynamite viii be exploded IN crevices
of the Malapah above the city OF Gold
field. The reverbatioDs of The shots will
be a signal for the snloons OF the camp
to dispose liquid refreshments for eixty
minutes Tree Of charge. This event
marks the closing oi the majority OF the
rich leases IN the properties owned by |
the Consolidated Mines Company,
which now consists Of the Mohawk.
Red Top, j Jumbo, Laguna and Combine
ton.
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FROM THURSDAYS DAILY
Salmagundi.

Ben Bangs returned from the noitll
last evening.
Ed Wilkinson lie down from Tuscarora
after a load of provisions.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mcclellan left today for
Oakland to spend the winter,
luke a guze at Main street and size it
up for yourself. II looks pretty sloppy.
Geo. Butler left this morning for
Bullion with a lo&d Of provisions.
Mrs. II. n. Thompson, sister OF Dick
Young arrived from the east today on
No. ,.
Grant p, le, the cattle buyer, who mas
been down the road for a few days re.
turned this morning.
The Episcopal Sunday school Chris.
TIME tree will be held Mt Lcnard Hall
Monday evening at 6 p. M.
There are now over 200 men dong
construction work for the Western
Pacific between Wells and Deetb.
James Stewart, buyer for Mark & Co.
OF Denver, will leave tomorrow fnr his
home ut Willow Point, on II vacation.
b Presby terrain Sunday school viii
have their Christmas entertainment and
tree Monday evening Dec. Oath 6 D.. NJ.
ni tn" church,
Honor Andrnc, who ia interested in
the renl estate business Mt Winnemucca
came up OF No. 10 this morning for a
few days visit.
George BnnLham, Jr., general council
Of the Mutual Reserve Insurance con-.
pany was sentenced to two years in tho
state prison for larceny.
a ruRh is now on to tho New Gold.
fields IN tho Sierra Nevada rnnge
seventy miles south Of llanchc in Inyo
county. Calf,
Batil,nr Nelson stated in Boston ycs.
lei day that he wonld fight Cans again
NJ any tune ana place so long ns SileT
was no, referee, as he insists TINT the
latter jobbcd him at Guldheld.
The World finds only one seriout
Omission in the Presideni"a message.
Tie forgot Ia tell Congress- whether car
rying u lorse.cbes.nut IN your tr0usert
pocket will really cure rheumatism.
Tho famine in Kuing.S u is CROWNS
worse. According to reliable roporil
tho 100000 destitute pctsone are ell
campcd nj FrinnHiar Die and many hav,
arrived nt Thinking.
y. q. Friscll, civil engineer OF tn,
Western Pacific arrived IL town thi
morning from Cobre. After spendin,
n few duys in Eiko no will leave 10
Go!conda where he will have charge q
a surveying party.
a Pennsylvania mar took bis lie he
cauee he "was worried Ivy his wife,
eyorS man who had the SAINT eScuee Iii
the tame thing, whit would become q
the next gcnerationf
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coach by the student body o, tia.
institution.
Pacific coast members Of the house
viii hold a meeting tomorrow afternoon
to discuss legislation o(Iectmg the Japa.
nese. The meeting win be attended by
the congressman from Washington, Ore
gon, California, Utah aud ldahc.
The Stock and Bond Exchange and
the San Francisco Stock Exchange are
to be joined in the near future. This
will form one Of the strongest exchanges
in the world, and will make the San
Francisco Exchange second in America
only to Now York.
K. L. Bowlea. IL oi the rpstleine
Colorado mining men, arrived in Ely
Sunday night. Before noon Monday he
was travelling over tue copper belt aud
Tuesday he was on his way to see a
property fifty miles nway. Mr.. B1wlcs
was formerly OF Elko.
The Mohawk mIne at GnldG"l IL now
producing $50 tons ever, tveniy. four
hours which is valued Mt s2l0 u ton, .
total valuation Of $3.50 IA LAY, ex-
elusive of the chunks of gold which are
kept separate from the more common
quartz, and stored in the vaults Of the
bank. There nre 2l0 men on the pay
roll,
Criticism is a medicine that sometimes
kills, but often cures. II cured Lord
Byron OF some of hts early foibles aud
lordly conceit, and it is said to have
killed John Keats. mn over-sensitive
young poet. Bnt tas,u rs a whole,
criticism is n good thing IL ~ f. " direct.
cd and properly admins .c'cd. II onr,
recis errors, cultivatas iaeia, aud ION.
ducts the world in .hc ri IL; path to the
attainment, of the most substantial good
to the greatest number.
Goljlield holds the center of the stage
OF mining interest ut the present time,
but while the many rich strikes are tie.
ing made, establishing this camp as tho
smaller towns arc grinding away TO find
another Goldtie!d, and some Of them
with very good success. ATong the
most prominent outside OF G0ldheld Is
Aura located II short distance north OF
El:o. Many nch strikes have been
made. and every n visiting the camp
returns with the tid,nps that Aura will
surely maize another Gp'dRnld.
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FROM D DAILY
%Salmagundi.
p. Elliott is in from Bullion.

+. Elliott is III from Bullion.
Z. Stanley ID down from Deeth,
D. Truett came down from Deeth last
night.
Alex Garden was in from Lamoille
yesterday.
Charley Toyn and wife a,o in ieom
Lamoinc.
Delicious oyster cocktails at the Club
saloon. Try them. y
7. Odgers came down fom Halleck
on No. 5 last night.
Slrn Baohmau came in from Ruby
last eveLing.
FL Carviile came in from Mound
vale. yesterday.
Holiday goods. An excellent vnriety
of many move ties and holiday goods at
Ergiers
Miss Carrie Brllinqer camo in from
Pleasah yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. WIN, Cottinper came III
from Limille this morning.
Great reduction in boots, shoes and
gents furnishing goods mt Il. Osell's
All will be solo Mt the lowest figure. =
Mr.. and Mrs. Ike Woolyer.on .Jr..
have moved to Elko for the winter.
Henley Miller made this Office a
pleasant visit today.
The mines at the old town Of Belmont
are to DO %reopened and developed.
J.. Wintermantel g. Co. Jewellers have
a beautiful hne OF new jewelry and
watches. 4
Cleve Wright, who is attending Stan.
ford University, came home last night
Tor q short visit.
There ia an exodus from Colorado to
Nevada, ITO tickets beng sold at Cripple
Creek in one.day.
Jim Jefrries has been named as the
referee for the Gans.Herman fight at
Tonopnh New Years day.
Save those natural teeth, thereby re
tain ,ourlfacial expression. DR.. Gill.
land "tho dentist Office over Drug
Stcrc. Elko. ~
Reports come from Ruby TINT thero
is lots OF snow there and eleightng is
tiue.
w. 9. Cardinal arrived from Ely last
night. flo is ON his way TO Carson
he saye Ely is surely a dandy.
Mr.. RansdcIl has just received the
latest development machine for develop.
ing Kodak Hlme, and is now ready to
develop flms for tile ltnde.
Ossio Miller toturoed from sau
Ffancisco yesterday morning. After
spending the holidays with relatives he
will return to his work with the South
orn Pacific.
Harry Standorwec and Miss Sadie
Weeks were married in Reno Wednes
day evening. Tie bride ls the dauuhtel
OF L. s. Weahs ~ Wells aud the groD,
Is the sou OF Mrs. W. II. Hood Of Reno
The Kansaa map, who attempted I,
attest the honesty OF his room mate l.,
placing q silver dollar over each ey.
and fcigning death, was rewarded %
awak,nR tc lind the Two "buks" misslne
as was nlso his cnrrapipp.
Tho people OF Reno are just now cry
TO tho heavens because the iael dealer
have s~ky.rocketed the price Of Won
from $3.50 to 90 a cord.
Burbank has produced an apple tha
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Is red and sweet ON one slde m yellow
aud sour oD the other. JnA like u
home and company ann Of sons
people.-Chicago Recotd.Herald.
Yale's groas receipts for football this
year amount to something like $4,000,
and yet some persons would abolish H.
great co~lleReigame. 1t makes one think
of the Puritan idea that anything which
afonds pleasure should he discouraged.
John Middleton, a fireman On the 3.
P. had the eight of both eyes probably
destroyed yesterday while on his engine
near winnemucca. ne was STOPPING to
look into the firebox and see what was
the matter with the oil burner on the en-.
CINE when the oil blew into his face
badly scorchinR and probably destroy.
ing the sight Of lie eyee.
X. $. Parks held for manslauehte Il
Phoebe, pleaded guilty and was sentenc-
ed to serve ten years IN the State Prison
A gentleman from Cork by the nams
OF Barney Hage had a pepchan for the
song -Bedlia. so be slifted. the phono.
graph at the Hub saloon, Goldfeld, and
taking it to his room turned it loose.
DO had the machine to grind ont
Bedelia eighteen times lsefore he was
discovered and the outfit recovered by
tho police.
Governor Sparks is hard at work pro-
narino hio - - Nkt-
Nevada Legislature, which meets on
January 81. He intends 10 mako it
ehort. He will recommend that the for
ms:son Of two new counties changes IN
Toe city incorporation laws; laws Z re-.
gulate railroad ratee; changes in judicial
districts; the erection OF a new depart.
ment of mining inspection and control
and a revision OF the registration laws.
White Pine lodge, No. Is, 40. u.
W., OF Ely has given up its charter and
gone out Of business. The Supreme
Lodge has annuled the Jurisdiction OF
Utah and Nevada and hns taken the
charter from every lodge in both States
Members vito wieh to continue in the
order can do 80 by coming under the
iurisdictiop Of the Supreme Lodge.
James Murdoch, fourth vice.president
OF the Brotherhood of Railway Train
men yesterday issued an ultimatum to
all Of the railroads centermR at New
York, with the exception OF the New
York. New Haven and Hartford rail
roads, that unless the yard employees are
grand an increase OF wages OF tive cents
an hour by next Saturday they win
withdrawn from The service of the roads.
About 5000 men are affected.
Such I'M office us the "epeakership of
the assembly in spoken OF by a local
weekly in contempiuous terms md it
preteuds that all the re ia in the position
Is 80 per diem more than the plain as.
semblymen get. IA a matter OF fact,
the speakership il the most powerful
place Mt Carson while tie legislature is
in session. The speaker has the APP
pointment of all committees of the
assembly, and it is in them Tint most
oills are passed or killed, He can
recognize or ignore anyone on the floor
as he may plense. He can make or
break any measure, and in some in.
stances he has not refused 10 use this
power. Our ~hebJomadal contemporary
all this and perhaps may explain
its motives in trying to throw dust into
the eyes of the people.-Reno Journal.
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Honored German.

Chancellor Won Buelow has had
showered upon him prlncely rank by
the kaiser and requests from admir-
ers and other unexpected honors,
among them tho printing over his
name OF the pictures Of Hans Won
Buelow, the pianist. In American
newspapers.
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What's

worth doing is worth doing we'll. Ifyou
wish to DO cured Of rheumatism use
Billiards. Snow Imminent and you will
be well cured A positive euro for
ePrain', neuralgia, bruises, contracted
muscles md all the ills that flesh ia hair
10. a. G. NJ. Williams, Nayasota
Texas, wrItee: II have used snow
Eminent for sprained ankle it gave the
pest OF satisfaction. / alwaye keen IL
in the house, Sold by Elko Drug Co.
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FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY
Salmagundi

James Holland Of Lam0iIle is il town
today.
Local News is pretty hurd pickimgs
these days.
The pennu. butcher surely done no
enormous business in Elko last ui4ht.
Walter Armstrong. who line been sick
for the past few days is much improved.
The little son of Mr.. PaueIli, who has
been very i'll Is getting along n~eicely.
l.. l.. Mushelt, formerly mn operator
on the S. p. has mnde over 100000
dealing III stoks at Goldfeld.
During the past week Ely mincs
transfers to the amount of sS2O,O)O have
been mn'le.
Railroad Jack at Leonard Hall last
night WIS far from Gcng up to the
standard
Fred A!I"nbnrg came up from Battle
Mountain lhis morning. lie will return
this evening.
Al Griswold left this morning tnr
Starr Valley to look after his stock
which he ~ feed ng there for the winter.
The third pa! ment Of $4,000 has been
made on the Boyd and Bray Copper
properties lear Battle Mountain.
Harry Thaw will be tried on Jnpuaiy
2lst ON the charge uf the nnu Ter OF
stanford White according tn an order
signed by Justice Ncwburger today.
Tho remHius Of Mrs. Scanlon, the lady
That died Oh the train II Tow days ago
were shipped this morning on 80. 4 to
Iowa.
About two thousand acres OF ground
has recently been located in Churchill
county on tho belief that it contains oil
and natural gas.
Howard Riddle formerly OF Elko and
who 81 late was interested in the Win.
cmucch Silver State has sold ont his
interest aud is now keeping books for q
Lnyelook firm,
janice Stewart, buyer for Mhrk and
Co. goner-l buyers OF Denver. Colorado
arrived from that place this morning
where he delivered several carloads OF
cattle shipped from this county.
Claude Schocr rrinaipal II the Tom.
pab high school arrived III this city yes
turdny morning. nnd will continue on to
Valleys where iie will AXE Tile "wniGr
cure" for MI attack Of rhcumatiem.-
Carson Ncws,
Jacob Eggcts, the nowly.rlcoted state
| controller. accompanied 10y Mrp, Eggers
were arrivals ycstcI day m0fning. they
will epcnd several duye here, but will
return To Elku Hgain before making
their home III this city,-Catfon News.
The GOiitinid Tribune states ,hnl
agents Of Ola once Mackay and the
Postal Telegraph Company in Goldheld
have completed plans Tor The installing
Of the Postal service 10 the snnthcrn
cAmp.
Tho trial Of Thompson, the man who
murdered n messenger boy In cold blood
at Goldtleld a month or so ngo, has been
begun nj the Bsmernld court house al
Hawthorne. thompson, who has q
reputation which is mono too good, eho'
the boy because he tread on his foot Il,
! accident. The messenger apologies
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FROM TUESDAYS DAILY.
Salmagundi.


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IL. IL. Eoryrii If down from Welis.
Jules altnbe is down from the north.
Bart McDernoit ia in from L.snoiIIc
valley
Henry Bolts. the tailor Is nm from
SaFhn.
John Butler has rented the Pullman
hous.
A. wiger,pn Of Glover Valley 10 IN
town.
80,
this issue.
o"''" "'s'"en' o' oNe''on
ur, "'i'"' ''o'n
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81: has "'o'e" Hl'o
"' '""' "'e9':
The Miss Drvere came up from Carlin
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Scranton are III
from Lamoille,
MIS- rohnns cane up trom f"lisEda
On No. this mon n'ng.
There il nothing like
want aus "heh u comes 10 good resuits.
The Oregon state university has been
.losed indefinitely Oh account Of lack Of
fuel.
James BENTON the popuIar Com.
mercial traveller is spending n few dave
IN town.
u, M.
rock tomorrow to spend christina vac.
ton with he, fulks.
Ipo u,
;rcrcoso j., soIo-v ,or r. G -
,,,,u ,; o,o 30 a. Gnn -
icnle! Hl"nrr VINO nus Oecn attend
'nH 'oh""l 10 H"'l'"rn'n returned home
In '"n ~ u ''eh
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m'"'"'S'
I7hu Carson Appeal GAYS il il nn even
be the prize nsht Inv will be rrpealed
nj tn, coming session of the lrgtsnIurc.
,La m,a "aua"aI I'm
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fic uaae'fc sn>e the !irpeinl lodging
mousse 's Que OF The v''c'' lens in Reno
ana only half q blonf from the public
schooI building.
~ 's seen III til" columns OF the lSpE.
PENDENT tha' Bn'itros raced enough
'uh's I'D I'VE minutes 70 Greet n new