Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-10-19

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will have gained Il battle in a blco Hes
revolution by the .i,nple strategy Of
same women who asked for what the,
wanted.
Howard Baker, b former inmate oil
the asylum at Reno, became violently
insane at his home in Snake Valley,
White Pine county, and almost killed
his wife with a knife and then took q
dose OF s%trychnine and ended his life,
Although badly stabbed in the breast,
arms and neck, Mrs. Beker walked
sever miles tn the nearest naighhor Tor
assistance. She is now at the home OF
friends and will probably recover.
George SprnRmeyer and Il. c. Stod.
dard, candidates for alto, ne. general
are very young men. MIR. S%,"dtlard, the
democrat, is the older ind he lias had
more experience in the law than MIR.
Springmeyer. He is Reno's city attor-
OF the two, the people will mike no
mistake in choosing Mr.. tn ldard.
The Office is important and lie .,ps.
timber offered should be ch sen.
southwestern Nevada is being con-
nected with the outside worlu more
rapidly this fall than ever ln fore. Tho
road from Barnwell to Scar,irlight is n
branch Of the Santa Fe, is be- pushed
by the work OF $50 men, and the MANA.
agement Of the Company promising tns
citizens of~"Searcbiight thai they shall
have transportation facilities ill sixty
more. days over that route.
From a dray In the seI vice OF the
United States eubirrnsury in New
York city a 'Shg Go .nhnr ESQ in
nickel< fell to'the ct, ~. and tie coins
scattered in, every dirertnr. The crowd
scram bled ior" the coin. An officer OF
tue TREASURY der md u police
man explained that tin money belonged
to the government, and requested that
it he given back. The response was
Immediate. Every one Of the thousand
coins wal returned. There Is no reason
to suppose that this crowd had been
specially chosen by fate to represent
the American people.
Indian poll: SO are patrollrnR the Dor.
ders of the Walker River Indian Reser-
walton in or.ler to prevent prospectors
and mining engineers from inspecting
the rich III .ner Il land before the reser-
wilton ia thrown open October 30 at
noon Sunday a party OF Greenwater
mining men attempted to cutter the
district in IN automobile md the In
dians stopped them, contisrated their
tools and ordered them of the land.
Drilling native Malay levies by work
Of Of command emmitteG from a gramo.
phone is the latest instance Of modern
inge nuity. Even tile Zulu cnn now
hear his own native songs and war
dances from records mude by a London
company, who have sold more than
20 machines to swurthy warrior chiefs
in South Africa. Folk.songs OF the
Pygmies were recently procured, and Il
machine has been dispatched to Lap
land for the purpose, 10 possible, Of pro
curing Eskimo folk-songs.
a party OF Western Pacific surveyor.
in charge Of Engineer Carothers il
resurveying Hnd restaklUg the line in
both directions from Elko. The In,
DEPENDENT understands TINT the line
through towh has been definitely settled
and that 1t will puss through the center
of Silver street, "a block south OF tit
Southern Pacific. The location of the
depot has not been settled, but il will
probably he in the western part OF
tow.
Tho republicans are urging severul
weighty reasons why Governor Sparks
should be defeated. The Hbig Jaw and
tho big heart argument have been laid
on the shelf along with tho fish com
m~issionership Of Washoe county. ia
their places the republicans are now
working GU tho failure OF Governor
Sparkn Ia eRi every meal and sleep
every night in Carson. Tho Carson
News grows eloquent on this great issue
OF the campaign. IL yon think Governor
Sparks ought to he defeated because
no does not sleep in Carson every nigh
and cat overy meal in one ni its eating
housce. Gust your vote for Mr.. Mitchell.
Such silly arguments ns this show how
destitute the republicans arc Of sam,
pairn material.
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