Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-12-14
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who was with HANCOCK when he muir.
dered Peter Edmundson and DR.. En-.
gelke III Death Valley. Lincoln cuurty,
in 1897 and for which Hancock was
hanged at Carson last year.
According &c the following from the
Virginia Chronicle there will soon be q
new teacher wanted in the Elko public
school: Joe Sparkes who has valuable
claims in Walker reservation, is here on
a visit and will leave for Elko shortly to
attend the marriage Of his sister, Miss
Emily N. Sparkes. to John Short, a
wealthy cattle owner.
The parade OF the IIayseed band with
the Uncle Joeh Perkins company made
quite a stir On the streets. The men,
bers OF the bnnd. dressed rs farmers,
started the music in different parts of
the town and finally came together on
the street in front Of the drugstore.
There they played several pieces and
attracted u large crowd. The company
will appear at Leonard Hall tonight,
and the Indications point to a crowded
house.
a eouthen st gale swept up the Cali.
tornia coast yesterday at the. rate OF
torty-eieht miles IN hour. One man
was killed md several injured in San
Francisco by falling walls md the ship.
ping in the hRrbor was considerably
damaged. The decks of the ferry baat
berkeley were swept by a wave as she
waa crossing the bay in the teeth Of the
gale and 10 veral passengers was almost
swept overheard.
A farmer near King City, Mo. had a
morrow escape from destli last Saturday
while gathering corn. He lost his
balance while plurkInV the topmost ears
and plunged head foremor: downward.
Alter falling two stories be caught an.
other ear ind hung on. a load OF hay
was pushed under INN and he was
rescued. A farm h tnd working beside
him quit his job,--Kansas City Star.
The Norwegian parliament Yesterday
conferred tile Nobel peace prize on
Presiien, X '~oseveit fer his efforts in
ending the war between Russia and
japan. The prize ia valued at S40, 900.
President Roosevelt hos ann0unceh that
he will use the prize to establish at
peace committee with the view OF main.
tanning righteous peace in the industrial
world, which is rs important as the
maintenance OF peace II the world OF
nations.
Our streets are a be- utiiul illustration
OF what well directed enterprise will dc
to~ard identifying the town. The time
was not many years ago thai rivers Of
water flowed through the main streets
and a person could not pass from one
side to the other without wadng in mud
and slush. But now things are diff
terent. An awakened public spirit has
/ graded The streets. new crossings have
been built aid no matter how heavy the
stem ono can cross the streets without
wadinR in mud or water up to the knees
This ID a picture Of what EIKo may be
sometime, but is NOT NOW.
10 the anuient cathedral Of Genoa a
vase OF immense value has been pre-.
served for COZ years. II is cut FROM
a sinRle emerald. lts principal
diameter is twelve and oDe-naif inches
ana its height five and three. iourtls in.
ches. u 10 kept under several locke. the
keys Of WHICH are in different hands
and II Is rarely exhibited in public,
then only by an order Of the senate.
When exhibited it is suspended round
the neck OF n priest by n cord, and no
II is allowed to touch it but him. IL
is claimed that this yase Is one Of the
gitie which were made TO Solomun by
the queen Of ahebR,
An order has been Issued by the first
assisstant postmaster general looking
toward the adoption Of uniform rates OF
rent for boxes Of postoflces. The re
Wig d rates will affect every poatafhcs IN
NV 'j'hSN htcet IL IN uOI Tue lDltN
ton to make nm increase IN box rents.
While some rRtes will be raised, Others
will be considerably lowered, the aim
boinR to correct inequalities,
Goldield IL to have one Of the finest
public schools in the stato ~ Nevada. II
will DO a two.story building. containing
twelve rooms and will accommodate
over 1000 pupils in the grammar grades
alone. II viii bp cGnstruntcd 90 that
aadiHpns may he built on either wins NJ
the iucreasinR population requires. The
now SCHOOL will embrace not only the
regular dry sessions mp 10 the ciph'h
grade, but alto n night sobool mud
Kindergarten. Tho building md
grounds will cost in Tho neighhnrhool
VI s80.OO0.
llW easlboitnd flyer waa wrec't.d
yesterday morning NJ Mnrcplla. u siding
near Hazeu. Tia wreck is sail "a "a 80
been cauqod by IN up,utn"d rail rhC
train wQa going NJ The rita ~ lifty mite,
an hour and 81 great was The in,p,", al