Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-05-11

An earthquake shock up sections OF
bartholomew and Shelby counties, In
diana. Tuesday. No damage WIS done.
The new gates and fence fer the
i.amoille Presbyterian Church were
scnt out today. The Trustees tn, re-
iLtend to bcautiiy the grounds md set
out trees before the fence is put up.
Prof. Wilson will deliver a lecture,
illustrated with lantern s~lit.es, ON some
problems IN industrial chemistry at the
high school thus evening mt ! o'clock
slarp. Tho lecture will be interesting
and everybody should turn out and
hear 1t.
Tho attorneys tor the receiver Of
IraGcrs' Insurance COMPANY have
announced TINT every loss by the earth
quake III san Francisco .yon!d be con-
tested III the courts. They say it is
mposs bic Ia give au estimate OF the
perc, ntage of losses that will he paid.
:. {. Drnsmnre, the State University
experiment station chemist. is conduct.
Ing "a number "f experiments to deter
mine the digestive qualities OF five
different varieties Of hay. Five sheep
have hacn secured for tbs purpose, and
exhaustive tests will be completed be-.
fore IL definite conclusion is reached.
L.. VI. Smoot, who was III the plot to
kIdnap P:esident Lincoln. died at Fort
smith, Arkansas, yesterday lie knew
nothing about the plot to assassinate
Mr.. Lincoln. although he WIS to be a
party to The kiinapping.
Assessor Dodge SAYS San Francisco's
assessment roll will show "A decrense OF
from Slj0,n00,O0O 10 $3.50. 10000. Last
years roll WAS about 1913. OO0.CO0. lie
thinks the tax rate III the city will not
be less than 81 80 on the 4lC0 this year,
Mr.. Thomas Crawford who died at
'ie County hospital was buried from the
Undertaking T%arlors yesterday after
noon at > o'clock. Rev. Geo. ii. Green
field officiating. The deceased has u
brother and ii sister in Reno but they
we're unable to be- here.
Rev. j.. T.. Jacobs Of brighton, Colo.
raio, will occupy the pulpit Of the Eiko
Presby terrain Church next Sunday
morning ard evening. Mr.. Jacobs il to
have charge Of the work at Wells and
Starr Valley, Rev. Geo. II. Greenfield
viii preach ~ Wells.
KS no step4 have yet been taken to
ward protecting the tnwn from fire, we
again al uonish ever body to he care
ful. The town is as dry MS finder and "A
fire once we'll under way would he hard
to control with our present means Tor
iightlng It. Let us all he careful of our
own property and thus protect ou--
selves and n~cighburs.
Deputy Sheriff Claui Inmau Of
Goldtield last Sunday raided "A house
occupied by three burglar- and obtained
several sacks full Of silverware and
other valuable booty which had been
st Zen from residence and business
houses at that place. He did not sue.
coed III catching any of lie there's.
III" men had bccn working in the town
Tor several weeks, and had robbed
several houses.
y fatal shooting aiIray occurred forty
miles north Of Wordsworth Tuesday fore.
noon in which II young Spaniard was IN
stabily killed 10y an Old Keeper whom he
assaulted. The men were shearmg
sheep when the trouble started. The
man Who did the shooting went TO
Wndsworth md gave himself up. The
killing took place at The ranch Of
Wheeler and %Nidcuour, Reno ~sheepmen.
y mail bag containing 500, 900 lay on
a truck on the platform ~ the Reno
passenger station from midnight until :
o'clock one night last week. The money
was c0nsiEued To the Bank uf Nevada to
tide over several Nevada banks that had
heavy deposits al San Francisco The
sack WINS thrown oil the train and for
gotten by those who should have taken
1t directly to the bank. Some ono is
liable to be fired for his carclcssncss.
Tho q was a to npprIr interruption
III the telegraph service on the Victoria
Fails line, Africa. according to the
BnlawayO Chronicle. \ herd Of giraiTcs
became c%ntanglod by their uechs in the
wires at %Iu;undhia. 100 miles from
Buiawayo, and pulled about q mile Of
wire down. breaking three Of tie iron
poles. Tho telegraph lincmcn were
near mt hand and communication was
interrupted only for n few hours. This
~ the sixth time since tho opening of
the Falls line that similar Interruptions
have occurred. In two cases elephants
were responsible.
Tho vaults TINT held tho properiv Of
San Trnnciscu's police department wore
opened Yesterday md found Ia bo more
shnms instead 81 fire proof aa the spec.
iica'ions called for. Tho papers it, the
vault were destroyed aud tho coin held
M evidence in criminal cases VIVA melted
The wooden stDrka nu r,vuIvcr. w.r,